Macrolide/Azalide therapy for nodular/bronchiectatic mycobacterium avium complex lung disease

There is no large study validating the appropriateness of current treatment guidelines for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease. This is a retrospective single-center review evaluating the efficacy of macrolide/azalide-containing regimens for nodular/bronchiectatic (NB) MAC lung disease. P...

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Published in:	Chest Vol. 146; no. 2; p. 276
Main Authors:	Wallace, Jr, Richard J, Brown-Elliott, Barbara A, McNulty, Steven, Philley, Julie V, Killingley, Jessica, Wilson, Rebecca W, York, Deanna S, Shepherd, Sara, Griffith, David E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.08.2014
Subjects:	Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage Azithromycin - administration & dosage Bronchiectasis - drug therapy Bronchiectasis - microbiology Clarithromycin - administration & dosage DNA, Bacterial - analysis Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Drug Administration Schedule Drug Therapy, Combination Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Female Follow-Up Studies Genotype Humans Lung Diseases - drug therapy Lung Diseases - microbiology Macrolides - administration & dosage Male Mycobacterium avium Complex - genetics Mycobacterium avium Complex - isolation & purification Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection - drug therapy Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection - microbiology Practice Guidelines as Topic Recurrence Retrospective Studies Sputum - microbiology Treatment Outcome
ISSN:	1931-3543, 1931-3543
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