Nontuberculous mycobacteria in respiratory tract infections, Eastern Asia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-349

  Simons, Sami ^a   van Ingen, Jakko ^b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^c   van Hung, Nguyen ^d   Richard Dekhuijzen, P N ^a   Boeree, Martin J ^a   van Soolingen, Dick ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COUGHING; FEVER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79952323261     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid170310060     Document Type: Article

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