Rapid discrimination between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is critical for patient treatment and to avoid unnecessary expenditure on infection control. Because real‐time PCR assays distinguish MTB from… Click to show full abstract
Rapid discrimination between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is critical for patient treatment and to avoid unnecessary expenditure on infection control. Because real‐time PCR assays distinguish MTB from NTM, we evaluated the performance of two real‐time PCR assays (AdvanSure and PowerChek).
               
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