Mediastinal mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection diagnosed by transesophageal endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1844-1845

  Elliot Carter, James ^a   Eves, Matthew ^b   Laurini, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Diagnostic Medical Clinic Mobile   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION;

EID: 50649106221     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01959_12.x     Document Type: Letter

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