First report of lung transplantation in a patient with active pulmonary Mycobacterium simiae infection

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 803-805

  Qvist, T ^a   Katzenstein, T L ^a   Lillebaek, T ^a   Iversen, M ^a   Mared, L ^a   Andersen, A B ^b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA1B INTERFERON; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; QUINOLINES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 84875227173     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.02.034     Document Type: Article

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