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Genetic basis for clarithromycin resistance among isolates of Mycobacterium chelonae and Mycobacterium abscessus
1 Jul 1996
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to clarithromycin among isolates of Mycobacterium chelonae and M. abscessus was observed in 18 of 800 (2.3%) patients tested between 1990 and 1995. Patients whose isolates were resistant had either disseminated disease or chronic lung disease, and the resistant isolates were recovered after clarithromycin monotherapy. Sequencing of the gene coding for the 23S rRNA peptidyltransferase region revealed a...
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