Mycobacterium abscessus - to treat or not to treat?

Respirology Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 31-33

  Pang, Yong Kek ^a   Ngeow, Yun Fong ^a   Wong, Yan Ling ^a   Liam, Chong Kin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Indolent infection; Mycobacterium abscessus; Non tuberculous mycobacterium; Sensitivity test; Treatment regimen

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BRONCHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CHEST TUBE; COUGHING; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS INFECTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; SCOLIOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 85002292062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.17     Document Type: Article

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