Mycobacterium africanum, an emerging disease in high-income countries?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1400-1404

  Isea Pena M C ^a   Brezmes Valdivieso, M F ^b   Gonzalez Velasco M C ^c   Lezcano Carrera, M A ^d   Lopez Urrutia Lorente L ^b   Martin Casabona N ^e   Monforte Cirac, M L ^d   Palacios, J J ^f   Penedo Pallares, A ^f   Ramirez Rosales, A ^g   Sanchez Silos R ^h   Tortola Fernandez T ^e   Vinuelas Bayon J ⁱ   Vitoria Agreda, A ^j   Blanco, M I ^k   Barreiro, L ^k   Villar, H ^k   Torreblanca, A ^k   Hidalgo, E ^k   Diaz Gigante, J ^k   Hidalgo, F ^k   Calzon S ^k   Esteban, Jaime ^a   more..

^a UAM)   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA CONCHA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DON BENITO VILLANUEVA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO DE ALCÁNTARA   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

High income; Mycobacterium africanum; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866460628     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0142     Document Type: Article

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