Mycobacterium triplex pulmonary infection in an immunocompetent patient

Journal of Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-264

  McMullan, R ^a   Xu, J ^a   Kelly, M ^a   Stanley, T ^a   Moore, J E ^a   Millar, B C ^a   Wylie, M ^a   Goldsmith, C E ^a   Shepherd, D R T ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ESTROGEN; FLUOXETINE; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; THYROXINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036590229     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2002.0980     Document Type: Article

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