Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Epidemiologic, Mycobacteriologic, and Clinical Aspects

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
² Department of Mycobacteriology, National Research Center of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Emory, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Divisions of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Via Pergolesi 33, 20900 Monza, Italy.

Editorial

Mehdi Mirsaeidi et al. Biomed Res Int. 2015.

. 2015:2015:523697.

doi: 10.1155/2015/523697. Epub 2015 Jun 16.

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
² Department of Mycobacteriology, National Research Center of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Emory, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Divisions of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Via Pergolesi 33, 20900 Monza, Italy.

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