Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria at three rural settings in Zambia; a pilot study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1142-1148

  Buijtels, P C A M ^a,b   van der Sande, M A B ^c   Parkinson, S ^d   Verbrugh, H A ^b   Petit, P L C ^e   van Soolingen, D ^c  

^a Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d St Francis Hospital Katete   (Zambia)

^e Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Vlietland Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Colonization; Non tuberculous mycobacteria; Tuberculosis; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETALES; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIQUID CULTURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM LENTIFLAVUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77955147564     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03072.x     Document Type: Article

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