Pulmonary infection due to Mycobacterium marinum in an immunocompetent patient [5]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 206-208

  Lai, Chih Cheng ^a   Lee, Li Na ^a   Chang, Yih Leong ^a   Lee, Yung Chie ^a   Ding, Liang Wen ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM;

EID: 11144247594     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426693     Document Type: Letter

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