An association between Mycobacterium malmoense and coal workers' pneumoconiosis

Lung

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-54

  McGrath, Emmet E ^a   Bardsley, Philip ^a  

^a ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATS IDSA guidelines 2007; Mycobacterium malmoense; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58249118988     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-008-9104-8     Document Type: Article

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