Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection in immunocompetent patients

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-182

  Lee, Hyo Won ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a,b,c   Shim, Tae Sun ^a   Bai, Gill Han ^b   Pai, Chik Hyun ^a  

^a Department of Laboratory Medicine ^*  (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kangnam Korea Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immunocompetent patients; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CELATUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036704186     PISSN: 03780066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2002.53.2.173     Document Type: Article

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