Nontuberculous mycobacteria: Clinical importance and relevance to bacille calmette-guérin vaccination

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 457-458

  Valadas, Emilia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BCG VACCINE;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

BCG VACCINE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL;

EID: 4344615579     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422326     Document Type: Note

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