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Abbreviation: AFB = acid-fast bacilli, TB = tuberculosis, PCR = polymerase chain reaction, NTM = non-tuberculosis mycobacterium. * other diseases (number): bronchiectasis(3), empyema(3), benign bronchial stenosis(2), anthracofibrosis(1), fungal ball(1), lung abscess(1), diffuse panbronchiolitis(1). ** Pulmonary TB (PTB) with growth of M. tuberculosis in culture study. † PTB without growth of M. tuberculosis which was diagnosed with PCR for TB or clinical decision.
