Mycobacterium abscessus – to treat or not to treat?
A patient with Mycobacterium abscessus lung disease was mistaken to have pulmonary tuberculosis with airway colonization by the non-tuberculous mycobacterium. Appropriate antibiotics were only given when the patient’s signs and symptoms worsened while on anti-tuberculosis therapy. Despite treatment...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/10615/1/Mycobacterium_abscessus.pdf |