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UCSF Center for HIV Information. Partial recessive IFN-γR1 deficiency: genetic, immunological and clinical features of 14 patients from 11 kindreds. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. The other organisms that are relatively easy to treat with the standard antimycobacterial drugs are M xenopi, M szulgai, and M marinum. M abscessus complex group bacteria are the most difficult rapidly growing mycobacteria to treat, owing to their resistance to multiple standard antituberculous drugs. [Medline]. BMC Med. For serious infections, use at least two agents. 2013 Feb. 34 (1):143-50. Lindeboom JA, Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet LE, van Soolingen D, Prins JM, Kuijper EJ. A combined therapeutic approach, including surgical drainage, debridement and prolonged treatment with combined antimicrobial agents, has been used in some cases of atypical mycobacteria. Gonzalez-Santiago TM, Drage LA. Clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of Mycobacterium haemophilum infections. 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The purpose of this study was to determine clinical characteristics, treatment, and long-term outcomes for infections with M. haemophilum. Lake MA, Ambrose LR, Lipman MC, Lowe DM. 2015 Jul. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection (MAI) is an atypical mycobacterial infection, i.e. Grafting did not appear to foster recurrent infection. A 2019 retrospective study in Taiwan concluded that surgical resection of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) solitary pulmonary nodules is curative in asymptomatic patients without positive culture of the same NTM species from respiratory specimens and a history of NTM pulmonary disease. 2016 May. [Medline]. Patients should avoid contaminant material and injections with contaminated materials. [Medline]. [Medline]. In Vitro Susceptibility Testing of Tedizolid against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria. [Medline]. Atypical mycobacterial lymphadenitis in childhood--a clinicopathological study of 17 cases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 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Amikacin, the most commonly used IV agent, was associated with multiple side effects; amikacin therapy was stopped or ad- Haworth CS, Banks J, Capstick T, Fisher AJ, Gorsuch T, Laurenson IF, et al. Without treatment, Atypical Mycobacterial Infections can result in complications and further disease, depending on the type of nontuberculous mycobacteria infecting the body; The elderly and immunocompromised individuals, such as those with HIV infection and AIDS, are especially vulnerable to such complications Additional and Relevant Useful Information for Atypical Mycobacterial Infection … Lab Med. PLoS One. Sometimes you may need antibiotics or even surgery. 2002 Aug. 101 (8):581-4. [Medline]. [Medline]. 2018 Jan. 32 (1):[Medline]. The ultimate goal of treatment is a microbiological goal of treating NTM to convert sputum cultures or biopsy-proven cultures from positive to negative. Gundavda MK, Patil HG, Agashe VM, Soman R, Rodriques C, Deshpande RB. Treatment of MTB infection includes systemic antituberculosis … Nontuberculous lymphadenitis in children: What management strategy?. Infections with atypical mycobacteria can be treated with a variety of antibiotics. Disseminated Mycobacterium kansasii infection with hepatic abscesses in a renal transplant recipient. Sañudo A, Vallejo F, Sierra M, Hoyos JG, Yepes S, Wolff JC, et al. J Clin Microbiol. One study used intravenously infected mice treated with clarithromycin, ofloxacin plus/minus amikacin , and the other study used an inhalational infection model and treatment with either clarithromycin/ethambutol/rifampicin or moxifloxacin/ethambutol/rifampicin plus/minus amikacin , and both studies identified microbiologic benefit of the addition of amikacin. 7th ed. BMC Infect Dis. [Medline]. Lack of the compliance results in treatment failure and higher resistance and a more prolonged course of further therapy. 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