Pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium simiae in Iran's national referral center for tuberculosis

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-28

  Baghaei, Parvaneh ^a   Tabarsi, Payam ^a   Farnia, Parissa ^b   Marjani, Majid ^a   Sheikholeslami, Fatemeh Maryam ^b   Chitsaz, Mahsa ^a   Bayani, Pegah Gorji ^a   Shamaei, Masoud ^a   Mansouri, Davood ^a   Masjedi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Velayati, Ali Akbar ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

M. simiae; NTM; PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRAN; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE;

EID: 84856010853     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1297     Document Type: Article

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