Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Epidemiologic, Mycobacteriologic, and Clinical Aspects

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mirsaeidi, Mehdi ^a   Farnia, Parissa ^b   Sadikot, Ruxana ^c   Hsueh, Po Ren ^d   Aliberti, Stefano ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIOLOGY; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA;

EID: 84934300423     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/523697     Document Type: Editorial

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