Pulmonary nodule due to Mycobacterium haemophilum in an immunocompetent host

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1366-1368

  White, Dorothy A ^a,b   Kiehn, Timothy E ^a   Bondoc, Anna Y ^a   Massarella, Susan A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUOROURACIL; ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG NODULE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032831234     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.4.9904003     Document Type: Article

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