Clinical relevance of Mycobacterium simiae in pulmonary samples

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-109

  Van Ingen, J ^a,b   Boeree, M J ^a   Dekhuijzen, P N R ^a   Van Soolingen, D ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infections in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Infectious diseases; Mycobacteria; Mycobacteria other than tuberculosis; Mycobacterial diseases; Mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PROTIONAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; DISEASE COURSE; GENOTYPE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PULMONOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; NETHERLANDS; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45849098358     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00076107     Document Type: Article

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