Pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus Infection in an 11-Year-Old Child, Successfully Treated with Inhaled/Parenteral Amikacin: A Case Report and Review of Literature
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Abstract Mycobacterium abscessus appears to be increasing cause of pulmonary infection in children with underlying risk factors including cystic fibrosis, chronic lung disease and immunodeficiency syndromes. We present a case M. pediatric patient primary ciliary dyskinesia he was successfully treated parenteral amikacin, linezolid oral clarithromycin combined inhaled amikacin. Clinical improvement observed after adding amikacin the treatment.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1465-3664', '0142-6338']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmab031