The changing pattern of clinical Mycobacterium avium isolation in the Netherlands

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1176-1180

  Van Ingen, Jakko ^a,b   Hoefsloot, W ^a   Dekhuijzen, P N R ^a   Boeree, M J ^a   Van Soolingen, D ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Environmental mycobacteria; Epidemiology; Mycobacterium avium; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956607144     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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