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AFB (Acid-fast bacilli), ATS/IDSA (American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America), BOS (Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome), CF (Cystic fibrosis), CI (Confidence interval), CLAD (Chronic lung allograft dysfunction), CMV (Cytomegalovirus), HR (Hazard ratio), ILD (Interstitial lung disease), LTR (Lung transplant recipient), MAC (Mycobacterium avium complex), NOS (Newcastle-Ottawa scale), NTM (Non-tuberculous mycobacteria), OLD (Obstructive lung disease), OR (Odds ratio)Purchase one-time access:
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