Mycobacterium abscessus lung disease in a patient with previous pulmonary tuberculosis

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 959-963

  Hongfei, Duan ^a   Xuerui, Huang ^a   Jing, Wang ^a   Naihui, Chu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atypical; Lung disease; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG ABSCESS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84868609379     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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