Mycobacterium abscessus infection in cystic fibrosis: Colonization or infection?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 2 I, 2000, Pages 641-645

  Cullen, Anne R ^a   Cannon, Carolyn L ^b   Mark, Eugene J ^b   Colin, Andrew A ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE;

EID: 0034095185     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.2.9903062     Document Type: Article

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