Aerosolized amikacin and oral clarithromycin to eradicate Mycobacterium abscessus in a patient with cystic fibrosis: An 8-year follow-up

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 626-627

  Colin, Andrew A ^a   Ali Dinar, Tarig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT FEVER; SPUTUM CULTURE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 77953312032     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21222     Document Type: Letter

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