Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Ontario, Canada

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 676-681

  Damaraju, D ^a,b   Jamieson, F ^a,c   Chedore, P ^c   Marras, Theodore K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; M. Tuberculosis complex; Mycobacterium avium complex; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM NEOAURUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876844459     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0684     Document Type: Article

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