Early manifestations of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex disease: A prospective evaluation

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 126-132

  Gordin, Fred M ^a   Cohn, David L ^c   Sullam, Paul M ^c   Schoenfelder, John R ^c   Wynne, Beverley A ^b   Horsburgh Jr , C Robert ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Roxanne Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CD4 ANTIGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031007712     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514014     Document Type: Article

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