Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection Is Associated with Increased Respiratory Failure: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Jun-Jun Yeh; Yu-Chiao Wang; Cheng-Li Lin; Christine Yi-Ting Chou; Ting-Chun Yeh; Bing-Tsang Wu; Fung-Chang Sung; Chia-Hung Kao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099260

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Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection Is Associated with Increased Respiratory Failure: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Jun-Jun Yeh,

Affiliations Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan, Meiho University, Pingtung, Taiwan
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Yu-Chiao Wang,

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Cheng-Li Lin,

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Christine Yi-Ting Chou,

Affiliations Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, UCSD Medical Center-Hillcres, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Ting-Chun Yeh,

Affiliation Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Bing-Tsang Wu,

Affiliation Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Fung-Chang Sung ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fung-Chang Sung, Chia-Hung Kao

* E-mail: d10040@mail.cmuh.org.tw (CHK); fcsung@mail.cmu.edu.tw (FCS)

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Chia-Hung Kao

Contributed equally to this work with: Fung-Chang Sung, Chia-Hung Kao

* E-mail: d10040@mail.cmuh.org.tw (CHK); fcsung@mail.cmu.edu.tw (FCS)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection Is Associated with Increased Respiratory Failure: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Jun-Jun Yeh,
Yu-Chiao Wang,
Cheng-Li Lin,
Christine Yi-Ting Chou,
Ting-Chun Yeh,
Bing-Tsang Wu,
Fung-Chang Sung,
Chia-Hung Kao

Published: June 11, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099260

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