Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pleurisy: An 8-year single-centre experience in Taiwan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 635-641

  Shu, C C ^a   Lee, L N ^a   Wang, J T ^a   Chien, Y J ^a   Wang, J Y ^a   Yu, C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Non tuberculous mycobacteria; Pleurisy; Taiwan; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NON TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA PLEURISY; NONHUMAN; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURISY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 77950897543     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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