Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2971881 | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | 2011 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection is common after lung transplantation. NTM colonization and treated acute rejection are risk factors for NTM disease. NTM infection is associated with increased risk of mortality independent of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.
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Authors
Hsuanwen C. MD, S. Samuel MD, Ariss MD, Vyacheslav PhD, Abbas MD, Rajan MD, Rajeev MD, Bernard MD, PhD, Aric MD, David J. MD, Joseph P. MD, Robert MD, John A. MD,