Aerosolized amikacin for treatment of pulmonary <it>Mycobacterium avium </it>infections: an observational case series

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Current systemic therapy for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection is limited by poor clinical response rates, drug toxicities and side effects. The addition of aerosolized amikacin to standard oral therapy for nontubercul...

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Main Authors: Jacobs Susan S, Kao Peter N, Davis Kala K, Ruoss Stephen J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-02-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/7/2