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Clinical manifestations, antibiotic susceptibility and molecular analysis of Mycobacterium kansasii isolates from a university hospital in Taiwan.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2009
Wu Ting-Shu, Leu Hsieh-Shong, Chiu Cheng-Hsun, Lee Ming-Hsun, Chiang Ping-Cherng, Wu Tsu-Lan, Chia Ju-Hsin, Su Lin-Hui, Kuo An-Jing, Lai Hsin-Chih
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OBJECTIVES: Mycobacterium kansasii causes a variety of infections. Although previous reports on the prognosis of antimicrobial therapy have been mostly satisfactory, problems involving treatment failure or relapse have been encountered. The purpose of this study was to establish a relationship between the clinical treatment outcomes of M. kansasii infections and bacterial drug susceptibility, and their clonality....
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