Emergence of Mycobacterium kansasii as the leading mycobacterial pathogen isolated over a 20-year period at a midwestern Veterans Affairs hospital

Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Jun;22(6):1109-10. doi: 10.1093/clinids/22.6.1109.

Authors

M J Bittner¹, E A Horowitz, T J Safranek, L C Preheim

Affiliation

¹ Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68105-1873, USA.

PMID: 8783725
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.6.1109

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Hospitals, Veterans
Humans
Mycobacterium Infections / epidemiology*
Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
Nebraska / epidemiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
Retrospective Studies
United States / epidemiology