Usefulness of bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-249

  Jeon, Kyeongman ^a   Koh, Won Jung ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a   Kang, Eun Hae ^a   Suh, Gee Young ^a   Chung, Man Pyo ^a   Kim, Hojoong ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^a   Han, Joungho ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium avium complex, Mycobacterium abscessus, Bronchoscopy; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; SPUTUM CULTURE;

EID: 9444248152     PISSN: 03780066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2004.57.3.242     Document Type: Article

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