A 40-Year-Old Female With Mycobacterium abscessus Successfully Treated With a Dual Beta-Lactam Combination
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Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections are difficult to treat conditions, specially Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab) lung disease. The most recent ATS/ERS/ESCMID/IDSA clinical practice guidelines (2020) recommend regimens of multiple intravenous (IV) and oral antibiotics. Recent in vitro studies on M. show that the combination two beta-lactam antibiotics, as well select beta-lactamase inhibitors, provides significant synergy its treatment. We present first vivo case successful treatment with imipenem amoxicillin addition macrolides, clofazimine, inhaled liposomal amikacin.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2168-8184']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40993