Cough swabs should not be used to isolate non-tuberculous mycobacteria in children with cystic fibrosis

Arch Dis Child. 2012 Sep;97(9):854-5. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302334. Epub 2012 Jul 14.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cough / microbiology
  • Cystic Fibrosis / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Surgical Sponges