Emergence of nontuberculous mycobacteria as pathogens in cystic fibrosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 810-812

  Griffith, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITALIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOGENICITY; SPUTUM; STANDARD;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037445222     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2301001     Document Type: Editorial

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