Mycobacterial infections in immunocompromised patients

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 240-245

  Young, Lowell S ^a  

^a Kuzell Institute for Arthritis and Infectious Diseases   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOMA; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029835583     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199608000-00006     Document Type: Review

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