Mycobacterium heidelbergense species nov. infection mimicking a lung tumor

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 649-650

  Pfyffer, Gaby E ^a   Weder, Walter ^a   Strässle, Anni ^a   Russi, Erich W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HEIDELBERGENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031694435     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517142     Document Type: Article

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