A case report of three patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium kansasii

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 459-466

  Koh, Won Jung ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a   Suh, Gee Young ^a   Chung, Man Pyo ^a   Kim, Hojoong ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Park, Eun Mi ^b   Park, Young Kil ^b   Bai, Gill Han ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Korea; Lung diseases; Mycobacterium kansasii

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; JAPAN; KOREA; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0042941764     PISSN: 03780066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2003.54.4.459     Document Type: Article

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