Treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus Infection

Novosad, Shannon A.; Beekmann, Susan E.; Polgreen, Philip M.; Mackey, Kate; Winthrop, Kevin L.

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Treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus Infection

Published Date:

Mar 2016

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.150828 New Site Icon

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 22(3):511-514.

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Personal Authors:

Novosad, Shannon A. ; Beekmann, Susan E. ; Polgreen, Philip M. ; Mackey, Kate ; Winthrop, Kevin L. ;

Corporate Authors:

M. abscessus Study Team

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Pubmed ID:

26890211

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4766900

Description:

Mycobacterium abscessus is often resistant to multiple antimicrobial drugs, and data supporting effective drugs or dosing regimens are limited. To better identify treatment approaches and associated toxicities, we collected a series of case reports from the Emerging Infections Network. Side effects were common and often led to changing or discontinuing therapy.

Document Type:

Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

Funding:

T32 HL083808/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
2T32 HL083808-06/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
FOA CK11-1102/CK/NCEZID CDC HHS/United States

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