Trends of mycobacterial clinical isolates in Taiwan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 148-152

  Tsai, Chin Feng ^a,b   Shiau, Ming Yuh ^c   Chang, Yih Hsin ^a,b   Wang, Ya Li ^b   Huang, Tian Lin ^b   Liaw, Yu Ching ^b   Tsao, Shih Ming ^b   Yang, Tsi Peng ^a   Yang, Shun Chun ^a   Lin, Ding Bang ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Non tuberculous mycobacteria; Pulmonary infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY;

BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 79951767732     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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