Mycobacterium intracellulare pleurisy identified on liquid cultures of the pleural fluid and pleural biopsy

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 124-128

  Lim, Jong Gu ^a   O, Sei Won ^a   Lee, Ki Dong ^a   Suk, Dong Keun ^a   Jung, Tae Young ^a   Shim, Tae Sun ^b   Chon, Gyu Rak ^a  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium avium complex; Mycobacterium infections, nontuberculous; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84876333207     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2013.74.3.124     Document Type: Article

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