Analysis of chest CT in patients with Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease

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Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-81

  Fujiuchi, Satoru ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamazaki, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakao, Shoko ^a   Takahashi, Masaaki ^a   Satoh, Kazue ^a   Takeda, Akinori ^a   Okamoto, Kiyotaka ^a   Fujita, Yuka ^a   Fujikane, Toshiaki ^a   Shimizu, Tetsuo ^a  

^a National Dohoku Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antituberculous therapy; Computed tomography; Mycobacterium avium complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12244251403     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068416     Document Type: Article

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