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Association between sequevar and antibiotic treatment outcome in patients with Mycobacterium abscessus complex infections in Japan.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2018
Yoshida Shiomi, Tsuyuguchi Kazunari, Kobayashi Takehiko, Tomita Motohisa, Inoue Yoshikazu, Hayashi Seiji, Suzuki Katsuhiro
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PURPOSE: Macrolide susceptibility differs between subspecies in the Mycobacterium abscessus complex, likely due to differences in erm(41) sequevars. Patients with M. abscessus complex infection generally show poor clinical outcomes in response to antibiotic treatment. Here, the association between genotype and treatment outcome was investigated. METHODOLOGY: We collected 69 isolates from 35 patients with...
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