Mycobacterial infections: New threats from old disease

Comprehensive Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 310-318

  Preheim, Laurel C ^a,b   Smith, Theresa L ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERICIDE; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTOTOXICITY; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030950671     PISSN: 00988243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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