Spread of nontuberculous mycobacteria from 1993 to 2006 in Koreans

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 415-420

  Sung, Weon Ryoo ^a,b   Shin, Sonya ^c   Shim, Myung Shup ^a   Park, Yoon Sung ^a   Woo, Jin Lew ^a   Park, Sue Nie ^d   Young, Kil Park ^a   Kang, Seongman ^b  

^a Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Identification; Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM); PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism (PRA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KOREA; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CELATUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; NONHUMAN; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL PULMONARY DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

EID: 56749148517     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20278     Document Type: Article

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