A clinical study of deceased cases of pulmonary M. Avium complex (MAC) disease: In contrast with survived cases followed-up for 5 years or longer

Kekkaku

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 709-716

  Harada, Susumu ^a   Harada, Yasuko ^a   Ochiai, Sanae ^a   Emori, Mikiko ^a   Kajiki, Akira ^a   Kitahara, Yoshiya ^a   Takamoto, Masahiro ^a   Ishibashi, Tsuneo ^a  

^a Omuta National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deceased case; M. avium complex; Mode of progression; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036858119     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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