Recovery rate of nontuberculous mycobacteria and the clinical course of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease at a secondary hospital

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-204

  Jae, Kwang Lee ^a   Hwuck, Young Kwon ^a   Jong, Kyu Kwon ^a   Hwa, Jeong Lee ^a   Dong, Wook Lee ^a   Yu, Jin Lee ^a   Kyung, Hwa Yoon ^a   Do, Young Song ^a   Byung, Ki Lee ^a   Yeon, Jae Kim ^a  

^a Daegu Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Lung diseases; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 70350043543     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2009.67.3.199     Document Type: Article

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