Usefulness of bronchial lavage for the diagnosis of pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) infection

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 328-332

  Sugihara, Eiichiro ^a,b   Hirota, Naotoshi ^a   Niizeki, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Ryo ^a,b   Nagafuchi, Masako ^a,b   Koyanagi, Takeshi ^a   Ono, Noriyuki ^a   Rikimaru, Toru ^b   Aizawa, Hisamichi ^b  

^a Chikugo City Hosptial ^*  (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical pulmonary mycobacteriosis; Bronchial lavage; Mycobacterium avium intracellulare complex

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM SMEAR; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

EID: 0347363562     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-003-0267-1     Document Type: Article

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