Nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in Northern Australia: A case series and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 958-967

  O'Brien, D P ^a   Currie, B J ^a   Krause, V L ^a  

^a Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOFAZIMINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0034451681     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318136     Document Type: Article

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