7 research outputs found
Isolates detected in NTM-LD patients between 2001 and 2009 in Nagasaki, Japan.
<p>RGM, rapid growing mycobacteria.</p
Characteristics and 1-year prognosis of NTM-LD patients.
<p>BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive protein; CAM, clarithromycin; CAV, cavitary pattern on chest radiographs.</p><p>*Includes history of tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, interstitial lung disease, asthma, and silicosis.</p><p>Characteristics and 1-year prognosis of NTM-LD patients.</p
Geographic variation in isolates detected in NTM-LD patients.
<p>Nine patients were residents of another prefecture. Map was obtained from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (<a href="http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/index.html</a>). MAC, <i>Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare</i> complex.</p
Annual incidence of NTM-LD between 2001 and 2009 in Nagasaki, Japan.
<p>(A) Incidence of NTM-LD and all types of tuberculosis in all patients. (B) Incidence in male patients. (C) Incidence in female patients.</p
Geographic variation in radiographic patterns in NTM-LD patients.
<p>Four patients were residents of another prefecture. NB, nodular-bronchiectatic pattern; CAV, cavitary pattern.</p
Isolates detected in 975 NTM-LD patients.
<p>MAC, <i>Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare</i> complex; PMI, polymicrobial infection</p><p>*Identified using 16S rRNA.</p><p>Isolates detected in 975 NTM-LD patients.</p