Prospective Analysis of urINe LAM to Eliminate NTM Sputum Screening (PAINLESS) study: Rationale and trial design for testing urine lipoarabinomannan as a marker of NTM lung infection in cystic fibrosis

• Kara M. Calhoun,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA

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• Emily Armantrout,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

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• Katie Poch ,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pochk@njhealth.org (KP)

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6400-0378

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• Silvia Caceres,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

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• Valerie K. Lovell,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

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• Marion Jones,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

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• Kenneth C. Malcolm,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8097-6059

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• Brian Vestal,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Genes, Environment, and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

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• Emily Wheeler,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

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• Noel Rysavy,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

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• Jordan Manzer,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

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• Ibrahim Aboellail,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

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• Delphi Chatterjee,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

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• Jerry A. Nick

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

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