Clinicopathologic characteristics of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in Taiwan

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-235

  Hsiao, Cheng Hsiang ^a,b   Lin, Yi Ting ^a   Lai, Chih Cheng ^c   Hsueh, Po Ren ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clinicopathologic characteristics; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Taiwan; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LOBE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARAFORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 77957914570     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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