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Аннотация

Обзор посвящен проблеме заболеваний органов дыхания, вызванных нетуберкулезными микобактериями. Представлены
литературные данные по эпидемиологии, клинике, диагностике и дифференциальной диагностике микобактериоза, этиотропному лечению заболевания при различных видах возбудителя и хирургическому лечению.
Ключевые слова: нетуберкулезные микобактерии, микобактериоз



Об авторах



Литвинов Виталий Ильич – научный руководитель ГБУЗ города Москвы «Московский городской научно-практический центр борьбы с туберкулезом Департамента здравоохранения города Москвы», доктор медицинских наук, профессор, академик РАН
Адрес: 107014, г. Москва, ул. Стромынка, д. 10
Тел. 8 (495) 268-04-15
e-mail: mnpcbtlv@yandex.ru

Гунтупова Лидия Доржиевна – заведующая отделением легочного туберкулеза клинико-диагностического центра
ГБУЗ «Московский городской научно-практический центр борьбы с туберкулезом Департамента здравоохранения города
Москвы», кандидат медицинских наук
Адрес: 107014, г. Москва, ул. Стромынка, д. 10
Тел. +7 (925) 050-28-20
e-mail: guntupov@mail.ru

Макарова Марина Витальевна – главный научный сотрудник отдела проблем лабораторной диагностики туберкулеза
и патоморфологии ГБУЗ города Москвы «Московский городской научно-практический центр борьбы с туберкулезом
Департамента здравоохранения города Москвы», доктор биологических наук
Адрес: 107014, г. Москва, ул. Стромынка, д. 10
Тел. +7 (916) 688-98-25, тел./факс 8 (495) 964-86-37
е-mail: makarova75@yandex.ru

Хачатурьянц Елена Николаевна – врач-бактериолог Централизованной бактериологической лаборатории ГБУЗ города Москвы «Московский городской научно-практический центр борьбы с туберкулезом Департамента здравоохранения города Москвы»
Адрес: 107014, г. Москва, ул. Стромынка, д. 10
Тел. 8 (915) 302-15-43
e-mail: hen65b@mail.ru

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