Publications by authors named "Isaura Isabel Martinez-Rivera"
Background: There is a progressive increase in nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in pulmonary and extrapulmonary infections that might cause confusion with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. To determine the frequency of finding NTM in clinical samples from patients diagnosed with active tuberculosis, with negative acid-alcohol-resistant bacilli (acid-fast bacillus [AFB]) in a third-level specialty hospital's mycobacterial laboratory between January 2013 and December 2014.
Methods: This is a prospective, descriptive study where isolated strains of biological material were studied in Lowenstein-Jensen and BACTEC MGIT 960 cultures.