Isolation of multiple nontuberculous mycobacteria species in the same patients

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Lim, Hyo Jeong ^a   Park, Chang Min ^a   Park, Young Sik ^a   Lee, Jinwoo ^a   Lee, Sang Min ^a   Yang, Seok Chul ^a   Yoo, Chul Gyu ^a   Kim, Young Whan ^a   Han, Sung Koo ^a   Yim, Jae Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multiple isolation; Mycobacterium abscessus; Mycobacterium avium intracellulare; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; COINFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 80054928936     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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