Endobronchial lesions in a non-AIDS patient with disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 497-499

  Shih, J Y ^a   Wang, H C ^a   Chiang, I P ^a   Yang, P C ^a   Luh, K T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

bronchoscopy; endobronchial lesion; laser therapy; Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection; pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NEODYMIUM LASER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; LASERS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION;

EID: 0031041939     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10020497     Document Type: Article

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