Causative species of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease and comparative investigation on clinical features of Mycobacterium abscessus complex disease: A retrospective analysis for two major hospitals in a subtropical region of Japan

• Hiroaki Nagano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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• Takeshi Kinjo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t_kinjo@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0262-0401

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• Yuichiro Nei,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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• Shin Yamashiro,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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• Jiro Fujita,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

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• Tomoo Kishaba

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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