Clinical importance of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated among HIV-positive individuals in Ghana

Stephanie Bjerrum (Valby, Denmark), Stephanie Bjerrum, Joseph Oliver Commey, Mercy Jemina Newman, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Sabine Ruesch-Gerdes, Aase Bengaard Andersen, Isik Somuncu Johansen

Source: International Congress 2015 – Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and molecular microbiology
Session: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and molecular microbiology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2684
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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Stephanie Bjerrum (Valby, Denmark), Stephanie Bjerrum, Joseph Oliver Commey, Mercy Jemina Newman, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Sabine Ruesch-Gerdes, Aase Bengaard Andersen, Isik Somuncu Johansen. Clinical importance of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated among HIV-positive individuals in Ghana. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 2684

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