Aerosolized amikacin in patients with difficult-to-treat pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteriosis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1883-1887

  Safdar, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; THROAT IRRITATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AEROSOLS; AGED; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866343558     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1516-3     Document Type: Article

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