Clinical significance of Mycobacterium asiaticum isolates in Queensland, Australia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 162-167

  Grech, Miriam ^a   Carter, Robyn ^b   Thomson, Rachel ^a,c  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Pathology Queensland   (Australia)

^c Queensland Tuberculosis Control Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MINOCYCLINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ASIATICUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BURSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WOUND INFECTION;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ASIATICUM;

EID: 73949138408     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01602-09     Document Type: Article

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