Emergence of Mycobacterium simiae in respiratory specimens

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 838-841

  Samra, Zmira ^a   Kaufman, Lea ^a   Pitlik, Silvio ^a   Shalit, Itamar ^b   Bishara, Jihad ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 30544441016     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500264712     Document Type: Article

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