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‘”Why me, why now?” Using clinical immunology and epidemiology to explain who gets nontuberculous mycobacterial infection

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease is rising. An understanding of known risk factors for disease sheds light on the immunological and physical barriers to infection, and how and why they may be overcome. This review focuses on human NTM infection, supported by e...

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Autores principales: Lake, M. Alexandra, Ambrose, Lyn R., Lipman, Marc C. I., Lowe, David M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27007918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0606-6