Failure to Recognize Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Leads to Misdiagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Mamoudou Maiga; Sophia Siddiqui; Souleymane Diallo; Bassirou Diarra; Brehima Traoré; Yvonne R. Shea; Adrian M. Zelazny; Bindongo P. P. Dembele; Drissa Goita; Hamadoun Kassambara; Abdulrahman S. Hammond; Michael A. Polis; Anatole Tounkara

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036902

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Failure to Recognize Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Leads to Misdiagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Mamoudou Maiga ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mamoudou Maiga, Sophia Siddiqui

Affiliation Project SEREFO-NIAID/University of Bamako Research Collaboration on HIV/TB, Bamako, Mali
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Sophia Siddiqui ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mamoudou Maiga, Sophia Siddiqui

* E-mail: ssiddiqui@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation CCRB, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Souleymane Diallo,

Affiliation Project SEREFO-NIAID/University of Bamako Research Collaboration on HIV/TB, Bamako, Mali
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Bassirou Diarra,

Affiliation Project SEREFO-NIAID/University of Bamako Research Collaboration on HIV/TB, Bamako, Mali
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Brehima Traoré,

Affiliation Project SEREFO-NIAID/University of Bamako Research Collaboration on HIV/TB, Bamako, Mali
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Yvonne R. Shea,

Affiliation Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Adrian M. Zelazny,

Affiliation Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Bindongo P. P. Dembele,

Affiliation Project SEREFO-NIAID/University of Bamako Research Collaboration on HIV/TB, Bamako, Mali
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Drissa Goita,

Affiliation Project SEREFO-NIAID/University of Bamako Research Collaboration on HIV/TB, Bamako, Mali
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Hamadoun Kassambara,

Affiliation Project SEREFO-NIAID/University of Bamako Research Collaboration on HIV/TB, Bamako, Mali
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Abdulrahman S. Hammond,

Affiliation Project SEREFO-NIAID/University of Bamako Research Collaboration on HIV/TB, Bamako, Mali
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Michael A. Polis,

Affiliation CCRB, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Anatole Tounkara

Affiliation Project SEREFO-NIAID/University of Bamako Research Collaboration on HIV/TB, Bamako, Mali
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Failure to Recognize Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Leads to Misdiagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Mamoudou Maiga,
Sophia Siddiqui,
Souleymane Diallo,
Bassirou Diarra,
Brehima Traoré,
Yvonne R. Shea,
Adrian M. Zelazny,
Bindongo P. P. Dembele,
Drissa Goita,
Hamadoun Kassambara

Published: May 16, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036902

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