Diffuse pulmonary disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria in immunocompetent people (Hot tub lung)

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 755-762

  Khoor, A ^a   Leslie, K O ^a   Tazelaar, H D ^a   Helmers, R A ^a   Colby, T V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulomas; Hot tub; Lung disease; Mycobacterium avium complex; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; BATHS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SARCOIDOSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0035157897     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/JRDC-0MJV-ACA3-2U9L     Document Type: Article

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