Spontaneous resolution of a lung mass due to infection with Mycobacterium terrae

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 414-416

  Spence, Thomas H ^a,b   Ferris, Vicky M ^a  

^a MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029937930     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199604000-00013     Document Type: Article

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