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- Title
Comparison of the clinical characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria patients with joint involvement.
- Authors
Yun, J.; Sung, H.; Kim, T.; Hong, S.; Chong, Y.; Kim, S.-H.; Choi, S.-H.; Kim, Y.; Woo, J.; Lee, S.-O.
- Abstract
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) joint involvement is rare. However, the incidence of NTM disease is increasing and it is difficult to distinguish NTM from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Here, the clinical characteristics of NTM joint involvement were compared with those of MTB. Distal joint involvement and precipitating factors were significantly more frequent for NTM joint infections. Because pathologic findings of NTM and MTB were similar, microbiological investigations are needed.
- Subjects
CHI-squared test; COMPARATIVE studies; FISHER exact test; JOINT diseases; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases; MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; STATISTICAL hypothesis testing; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test
- Publication
Infection, 2015, Vol 43, Issue 2, p207
- ISSN
0300-8126
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-015-0731-8