Pulmonary TB and NTM lung disease: Comparison of characteristics in patients with AFB smear-positive sputum

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1001-1007

  Koh, Won Jung ^a   Yu, C M ^a   Suh, G Y ^a   Chung, M P ^a   Kim, H ^a   Kwon, O J ^a   Lee, N Y ^a   Chung, M J ^a   Lee, K S ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Differential diagnosis; Lung diseases; Mycobacterium avium complex; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33748600943     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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