Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Respiratory Tract Infections, Eastern Asia

To characterize the distribution of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species isolated from pulmonary samples from persons in Asia and their association with pulmonary infections, we reviewed the literature. Mycobacterium avium complex bacteria were most frequently isolated (13%–81%) and were the mo...

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Main Authors: Simons, Sami, van Ingen, Jakko, Hsueh, Po-Ren, Van Hung, Nguyen, Dekhuijzen, P.N. Richard, Boeree, Martin J., van Soolingen, Dick
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3165997/