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Detection and assessment of clarithromycin inducible resistant strains among Korean Mycobacterium abscessus clinical strains: PCR methods.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Sept 2014
Lee Seung-Heon, Yoo Hee Kyung, Kim Seol Hee, Koh Won-Jung, Kim Chang Ki, Park Young Kil, Kim Hee Jin
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BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium abscessus group belongs to a group of rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) and, following Mycobacterium avium complex, is the second most common pathogen responsible for lung disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Clarithromycin is known to be the key drug in the treatment of M. abscessus group disease, but a high failure rate of treatment response is reported due to...
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