Mycobacterium haemophilum and lymphadenitis in immunocompetent children, Israel

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1437-1439

  Haimi Cohen, Yishai ^a,c   Amir, Jacob ^a,c   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a,c   Eidlitz Markus, Tal ^a,c   Samra, Zmira ^b,c   Kaufmann, Lea ^b   Zeharia, Avraham ^a,c  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS;

EID: 50849112411     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.070917     Document Type: Article

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