Non-tuberculous mycobacteria in China

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-141

  Weimin, Li ^a,b   Guanglu, Jiang ^b   Zhihui, Liu ^c   Huakun, Hao ^a   Liquan, Chai ^d   Miao, Tian ^b   Xuxia, Zhang ^a   Tiangui, Niu ^a   Petrini, Björn ^e   Chuanyou, Li ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangzhou Thoracic Hospital   (China)

^d Internal Medicine   (China)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM NONCHROMOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHINA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 33847102291     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600951234     Document Type: Article

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