2 Cases of lung disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex occurred in middle-aged women without underlying disorders, which we observed for more than 30 years

Kekkaku

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-20

  Takakura, Shunji ^a   Tanaka, Eisaku ^b   Lee, Woon J ^b   Matsumoto, Hisako ^b   Tsuyuguchi, Kazunari ^b   Niimi, Akio ^b   Suzuki, Katsuhiro ^b   Murayama, Takako ^b   Amitani, Ryoichi ^b   Kuze, Fumiyuki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Computed tomography; Middle aged woman; Mycobacterium avium complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; SPUTUM SMEAR; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 8044257721     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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