Clinical utility of serum anti-mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) antibody for diagnosis of MAC lung disease in asymptomatic patients with radiologically suspected MAC lung disease: A pilot study

Naoki Nishimura (Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan), Naoki Nishimura, Hiroshi Nakaoka, Torahiko Jinta, Yutaka Tomishima, Kohei Okafuji, Noboru Uchiyama, Naohiko Chohnabayashi

Source: International Congress 2015 – Bronchiectasis and NTM infections: clinical and functional characterisation
Session: Bronchiectasis and NTM infections: clinical and functional characterisation
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2632
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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Naoki Nishimura (Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan), Naoki Nishimura, Hiroshi Nakaoka, Torahiko Jinta, Yutaka Tomishima, Kohei Okafuji, Noboru Uchiyama, Naohiko Chohnabayashi. Clinical utility of serum anti-mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) antibody for diagnosis of MAC lung disease in asymptomatic patients with radiologically suspected MAC lung disease: A pilot study. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 2632

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