Nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated during the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1936-1940

  Jun, Hee Jung ^a   Jeon, Kyeongman ^a   Um, Sang Won ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^b   Koh, Won Jung ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Lung diseases; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AUBAGMENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM NONCHROMOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SEPTICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 70350725935     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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