Lung cancer diagnosed with Mycobacterium tuberculosis or nontuberculosis mycobacteria concomitantly

Simsek A., Kalemci S., Mutlu N., Yapici I., Acet Ozturk N. A.

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, vol.65, no.4, pp.291-295, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 65 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/tt.59675
  • Journal Name: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.291-295
  • Keywords: Lung cancer, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, nontuberculosis mycobacteria, PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS, RISK, INFLAMMATION
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: The concomitant occurrence of disease of Mycobacterium tuberculosis or nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) and lung cancer has been reported in previous studies. We aimed to determine characteristics of the patients with lung cancer diagnosed with M. tuberculosis or NTM concomitantly.