Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (DMAC) in an immunocompetent adult

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 498-501

  Myojo, M ^a   Fujiuchi, Satoru ^a   Matsumoto, H ^a   Yamazaki, Y ^a   Takahashi, M ^a   Satoh, K ^a   Takeda, A ^a   Nishigaki, Y ^a   Okamoto, K ^a   Fujita, Y ^a   Fujikane, T ^a   Shimizu, T ^a  

^a Department of Respiratory Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex; IFN ; Immunocompetent; Serotype

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RIB; SCAPULA; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0038220936     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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