Mycobacterium avium infection presenting as endobronchial lesions in an immunocompetent patient

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-575

  Lee, Jae Hee ^a,c   Son, Kyung Sik ^a   Park, Ji Hyun ^a   Kim, Jun Chol ^a   Lee, Hyun Woo ^a   Kim, Chang Ho ^b  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endobronchial lesion; Immunocompetent host; Mycobacterium avium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 33748413650     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2006.60.5.571     Document Type: Article

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