Clinical aspects in patients with pulmonary infection caused by mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium abscessus complex, in the Brazilian Amazon

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the clinical manifestations of patients with pulmonary infection caused by mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABSC), and to compare these manifestations with those of patients infected with other nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Methods: This wa...

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Main Authors: José Tadeu Colares Monteiro, Karla Valéria Batista Lima, Adriana Rodrigues Barretto, Ismari Perini Furlaneto, Glenda Moraes Gonçalves, Ana Roberta Fusco da Costa, Maria Luiza Lopes, Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132018000200093&lng=en&tlng=en