Nontubercular Mycobacterial PulmonaryInfection in Immunocompetent Men

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 719-723

  Kanathur, Naveen ^b   Shantaveerapa, Harsha N ^b   Byrd Jr , Ryland P ^a   Mehta, J R Jay B ^b   Roy, Thomas M ^b  

^a James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035408612     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200194070-00019     Document Type: Article

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