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Mycobacterial Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes in Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Disease.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Feb 2017
Koh Won-Jung, Jeong Byeong-Ho, Kim Su-Young, Jeon Kyeongman, Park Kyoung Un, Jhun Byung Woo, Lee Hyun, Park Hye Yun, Kim Dae Hun, Huh Hee Jae, Ki Chang-Seok, Lee Nam Yong, Kim Hong Kwan, Choi Yong Soo, Kim Jhingook, Lee Seung-Heon, Kim Chang Ki, Shin Sung Jae, Daley Charles L, Kim Hojoong, Kwon O Jung
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BACKGROUND: Treatment outcomes of patients with Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies abscessus lung disease are poor, and the microbial characteristics associated with treatment outcomes have not been studied systematically. The purpose of this study was to identify associations between microbial characteristics and treatment outcomes in patients with M. abscessus lung disease. METHODS: Sixty-seven consecutive...
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