Differentiation of Mycobacterium kansasii infection from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: Comparison of clinical features, radiological appearance, and outcome

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 679-684

  Shitrit, D ^a,b   Priess, R ^c   Peled, N ^a,b   Bishara, G ^a   Shlomi, D ^a,b   Kramer, M R ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Tuberculosis Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548492504     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0331-3     Document Type: Article

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