Mycobacterium celatum pulmonary infection mimicking pulmonary tuberculosis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Tan, Che Kim ^a   Lai, Chih Cheng ^b   Chou, Chien Hong ^c   Hsueh, Po Ren ^c  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Yi Min Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Mycobacterium celatum; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA 16S; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MYCOLIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DNA SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM CELATUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 70350574100     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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