Pulmonary infection due to Mycobacterium szulgai, case report and review of the literature

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 975-977

  Tortoli, E ^a,d   Besozzi, G ^b   Lacchini, C ^b   Penati, V ^b   Simonetti, M T ^a   Emler, S ^c  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Istituto Villa Marelli per la Patologia del Torace   (Italy)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Lab di Microbiologia e Virologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case report; Identification; Mycobacterium szulgai; Pulmonary infection; Review

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; KANAMYCIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; SPARFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031748031     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11040975     Document Type: Article

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