title: Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in Korea.
abstract: The recovery of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from respiratory specimens and the number of patients with NTM lung disease have been rapidly increasing in Korea. An early differential diagnosis of NTM lung disease from pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is important, as the therapeutic regimen differs from that of pulmonary TB, and it is not necessary to track the contacts of patients with NTM lung disease. However, differentiating NTM lung disease from pulmonary TB remains difficult, because the clinical presentations of the two diseases are similar and a definite diagnosis of NTM lung disease based on sputum culture takes time. This review focuses on the changing epidemiology, clinical and radiographic manifestation, and laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary TB and NTM lung disease in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Jung
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Koh
keywords: Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Korea; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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