Recovery rate and characteristics of nontuberculous mycobacterial isolates in a university hospital in Korea

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-391

  Lee, Jung Yeon ^a   Choi, Hee Jin ^b   Lee, Hyeyoung ^c   Joung, Eun Young ^d   Huh, Jin Won ^a   Oh, Yeon Mok ^a   Lee, Sang Do ^a   Kim, Woo Sung ^a   Kim, Dong Soon ^a   Kim, Won Dong ^a   Shim, Tae Sun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d M and D Co

Author keywords

Acid fast bacilli; Colony; Nontuberculous mycobacterium; Respiratory specimen

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 21744454291     PISSN: 03780066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2005.58.4.385     Document Type: Article

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