Clinical significance of isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria in pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1484-1491

  Huang, Chun Ta ^a   Tsai, Yi Ju ^b   Shu, Chin Chung ^a   Lei, Yung Chao ^c   Wang, Jann Yuan ^a   Yu, Chong Jen ^a   Lee, Li Na ^a   Yang, Pan Chyr ^a   the TAMI Group, ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

^d Taiwan Anti Mycobacteria Investigation (TAMI) group: Jann Yuan Wang   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Mycobacterium; Respiratory; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549127969     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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