Epidemiology and clinical significance of mycobacterial respiratory infections in Central Greece

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 807-812

  Gerogianni, Irini ^a   Papala, M ^a   Kostikas, K ^a   Petinaki, E ^b   Gourgoulianis, K I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b University of Thessaly School of Medicine   (Greece)

Author keywords

COPD; Epidemiology; Greece; NTM; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 47149116686     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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