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A real-time PCR assay for rapid identification of inducible and acquired clarithromycin resistance in Mycobacterium abscessus.
BMC infectious diseases - 10 Dec 2020
Sharma Meenu Kaushal, La Yanni, Janella Debra, Soualhine Hafid
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BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing mycobacteria involved in severe infections of the lung, skin, or soft tissue. Macrolides such as clarithromycin are the recommended first line drugs for treatment of M. abscessus infections. However, M. abscessus has dual mechanisms of resistance to macrolides, making treatment by macrolides difficult. A functional erm(41) gene confers for inducible...
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