Environment or host? A case-control study of risk factors for Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 684-691

  Dirac, M Ashworth ^a,b   Horan, Kathleen L ^c   Doody, David R ^d   Meschke, J Scott ^a   Park, David R ^e   Jackson, Lisa A ^a,f   Weiss, Noel S ^a,d   Winthrop, Kevin L ^g   Cangelosi, Gerard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Disease susceptibility; Gardening; Matched case control studies; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ANTACID AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOME; HOSPITALIZATION; HOST; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX LUNG DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; RISK FACTORS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84867131448     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201205-0825OC     Document Type: Article

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