Yield of computed tomography and bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2041-2046

  Tanaka, Eisaku ^a   Amitani, Ryoichi ^a   Niimi, Akio ^a   Suzuki, Katsuhiro ^a   Murayama, Takako ^a   Kuze, Fumiyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030983515     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.6.9196113     Document Type: Article

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