Current status of nontuberculous mycobacterial surgery in Japan: analysis of data from the annual survey by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 14-17

  Shiraishi, Yuji ^a  

^a Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nontuberculous mycobacteriosis; Resectional surgery; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; THORAX SURGERY; TUBERCULOMA; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; LUNG DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UTILIZATION;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84953363424     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-015-0594-z     Document Type: Article

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