Mycobacterium avium complex disease: Prognostic implication of high-resolution computed tomography findings

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Kuroishi, S ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Hayakawa, H ^b   Shirai, M ^b   Nakano, Y ^c   Yasuda, K ^d   Suda, T ^a   Nakamura, H ^a   Chida, K ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Iwata City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

High resolution computed tomography; Mycobacterium avium complex; Nontuberculous mycobacterium; Prognosis; Sputum conversion

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 52749086632     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00074207     Document Type: Article

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