Pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium kansasii in a series of patients without recognised immune defect

The clinical and epidemiological characteristics of 17 patients diagnosed with Mycobacterium kansasii pneumonia within a limited geographical region over a period of 10 years are described. An in-depth evaluation of the innate and adaptive immune systems was performed for five available patients. A...

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Published in:	Clinical microbiology and infection Vol. 10; no. 8; pp. 738 - 748
Main Authors:	Arend, S.M., de Palou, E. Cerdé, de Haas, P., Janssen, R., Hoeve, M.A., Verhard, E.M., Ottenhoff, T.H.M., van Soolingen, D., van Dissel, J.T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2004 Blackwell Science Ltd Blackwell
Subjects:	Adult Aged Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Cellular immune system Female Flow Cytometry Genotype genotyping Human bacterial diseases Humans Immunity, Innate Infectious diseases Interferon-gamma - biosynthesis Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - immunology Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology Mycobacterium kansasii Mycobacterium kansasii - classification Mycobacterium kansasii - genetics Mycobacterium kansasii - pathogenicity pneumonia Pneumonia, Bacterial - immunology Pneumonia, Bacterial - microbiology Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length risk factors Th1 Cells - immunology tuberculosis Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Cellular immune system risk factors pneumonia genotyping Mycobacterium kansasii tuberculosis Human Lung disease Pneumonia Typing Respiratory disease Genotype Cellular immunity Mycobacterial infection Infection Tuberculosis Immunological investigation Mycobacteriales Risk factor Bacteriosis Mycobacteriaceae Bacteria Actinomycetes Immune system
ISSN:	1198-743X, 1469-0691
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