Lung infection by Mycobacterium terrae;Infección pulmonar por Mycobacterium terrae

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 96-98

  Diaz Ricoma N ^a,b   Gonzalez Vargas F ^a   Casado Moreno, I ^a   Galan Antonanza L ^a   Rojas Sierra, M ^a   Alado Arboleda, J C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium terrae; Pulmonary infection

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MACROLIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; SPAIN;

EID: 0342902145     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(01)75022-3     Document Type: Article

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