Increasing trend of isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a Tertiary University Hospital in South Korea

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 409-415

  Yoo, Jung Wan ^a   Jo, Kyung Wook ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a   Lee, Sang Do ^a   Kim, Woo Sung ^a   Kim, Dong Soon ^a   Shim, Tae Sun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Culture media; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Republic of Korea; Sputum

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CULTURE; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; SMEAR; SOLID MEDIUM; SOUTH KOREA; SPUTUM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84862541574     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2012.72.5.409     Document Type: Article

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