Radiographic and CT findings of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium abscessus

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 513-517

  Han, Daehee ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Koh, Won Jung ^a   Yi, Chin A ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041343231     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.2.1810513     Document Type: Article

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