| Literature DB >> 29329759 |
Hayoung Choi1, Byung Woo Jhun1, Su-Young Kim1, Dae Hun Kim1, Hyun Lee1, Kyeongman Jeon1, O Jung Kwon1, Hee Jae Huh2, Chang-Seok Ki2, Nam Yong Lee2, Sung Jae Shin3, Charles L Daley4, Won-Jung Koh5.
Abstract
Mycobacterium abscessus lung disease is difficult to treat due to inducible resistance to macrolides. However, 15%-20% of isolates are macrolide susceptible. In 14 patients with macrolide-susceptible M. abscessus lung disease, all isolates had nonfunctional erm(41) gene, and sputum culture conversion rate was achieved in 93% (13/14) following antibiotic therapy.Entities:
Keywords: Drug resistance; Macrolides; Mycobacterium abscessus; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Treatment
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29329759 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.12.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803