The impact of nontuberculous mycobacteria on management of presumed pulmonary tuberculosis

Infection

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 59-63

  Van Crevel, R ^a   De Lange, W C M ^b   Vanderpuye, N A ^a   Van Soolingen, D ^c   Hoogkamp Korstanje, J A A ^a   Van Deuren, M ^a   Kullberg, B J ^a   Van Herwaarden, C ^b   Van der Meer, J W M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b University Lung Center   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic errors; Mycobacterium; Nontuberculous; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035051363     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-001-0101-6     Document Type: Article

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