First case report of chronic pulmonary lung disease caused by Mycobacterium abscessus in two immunocompetent patients in Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-314

  Varghese, Bright ^a   Shajan, Sue Elizabeth ^b   Al Saedi, Majed Omar ^c   Al Hajoj, Sahal A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Al Thomairy General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Al Mana General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIGRANT WORKER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SAUDI ARABIA; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84865526513     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.312     Document Type: Article

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