(“mycobacterium nontuberculous” OR “Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous” [MeSH] OR “environmental mycobacteria” OR “mycobacteria other than tuberculosis” OR MOTT OR NTM OR NTMB OR “M. abscessus” OR “M avium” OR “M. chelonae” OR “M. flavescens” OR “M. fortuitum” OR “M. genavense” OR “M. gordonae” OR “M. haemophilum” OR “M. intracellulare” OR “M. kansasii” OR “M. malmoense” OR “M. marinum” OR “M. peregrinum” OR “M. scrofulaceum” OR “M. simiae” OR “M. smegmatis” OR “M. szulgai” OR “M. terrae” OR “M. ulcerans” OR “M. xenopi”)
Intervention
(Amplicor OR Amplified OR “Direct Test” OR “Direct Detection” OR Xpert OR TaqMan OR “nucleic acid amplification” OR NAAT OR “polymerase chain reaction” OR PCR OR “Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques” [MeSH])
Comparator (if applicable)
N/A
Outcomes (if applicable)
N/A
Limits
1990 – June 2014; NOT (Other Animals NOT Humans)
MeSH = Medical Subject Heading, based on a Medline/PubMed platform; N/A = not applicable
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