A Case of Pulmonary and Endobronchial Mycobacterium avium Infection Presenting as an Acute Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Patient
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Lee, Yu-Jin
(Department of Internal Medicine, Fatima Hospital)
Kim, Dong-Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, Fatima Hospital) Yoon, Kyung-Hwa (Department of Internal Medicine, Fatima Hospital) Kim, Mi-Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Fatima Hospital) Jung, Seung-Wook (Department of Internal Medicine, Fatima Hospital) Lee, Byung-Ki (Department of Internal Medicine, Fatima Hospital) Kim, Yeon-Jae (Department of Internal Medicine, Fatima Hospital) |
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