Rapid increase of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung diseases at a tertiary referral hospital in South Korea

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1069-1071

  Park, Y S ^a   Lee, C H ^b   Lee, S M ^a   Yang, S C ^a   Yoo, C G ^a   Kim, Y W ^a   Han, S K ^a   Shim, Y S ^a   Yim, Jae Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Incidence; Non tuberculous mycobacteria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; SPUTUM CULTURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA;

EID: 77954713657     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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