Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in the differential diagnosis of chronic cough

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-344

  Finegold, Ira ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergists; Chronic cough; Diagnostic; Differential diagnosis; Infection; Non tuberculous mycobacterial; Pathogenesis; Pulmonary; Symptoms; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGED; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; SPUTUM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 46649083591     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2008.29.3124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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