Current trends in nontuberculous mycobacteria infections in Canadian children: A Pediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) study

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 276-282

  Pham Huy, Anne ^a   Robinson, Joan L ^b   Tapiéro, Bruce ^c   Bernard, Chantal ^a   Daniel, Sam ^a   Dobson, Simon ^d   Déry, Pierre ^e   Le Saux, Nicole ^f   Embree, Joanne ^g   Valiquette, Louis ^h   Quach, Caroline ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^h CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenitis; Atypical mycobacteria; Management; Non HIV; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; LINEZOLID; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77954781837     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/15.5.276     Document Type: Article

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