Pulmonary infection and colonization with nontuberculous mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000-2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1382-1385

  Chien, Jung Yien ^a,b,c   Lai, Chih Cheng ^d   Sheng, Wang Huei ^c   Yu, Chong Jen ^c   Hsueh, Po Ren ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Ministry of Health and Welfare   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d C M Medical Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; HISTORY; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84905240751     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2008.131673     Document Type: Article

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