Pulmonary infection with Mycobacterium neoaurum identified by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Morimoto, Yoshikazu ^a   Chan, Edward D ^a   Heifets, Leonid ^a   Routes, John M ^b  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Gastroesophageal reflux; Mycobacterium; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA 16S; DOXYCYCLINE; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM NEOAURUM; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ASTHMA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; X-RAYS;

EID: 33947106445     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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