Mycobacterium xenopi Pneumonia in the Southeastern United States

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 596-599

  Faress, Jihane A ^b   McKinney, Lisa A ^b   Semaan, Maroun T ^b   Byrd Jr , Ryland P ^a   Mehta, Jay B ^b   Roy, Thomas M ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042384745     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000051142.37605.C5     Document Type: Article

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