TY - JOUR AU - Novosad, Shannon AU - Beekmann, Susan AU - Polgreen, Philip AU - Mackey, Kate AU - Winthrop, Kevin T1 - Treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus Infection T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 3 SP - 511 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Mycobacterium abscessus is often resistant to multiple antimicrobial drugs, and data supporting effective drugs or dosing regimens are limited. To better identify treatment approaches and associated toxicities, we collected a series of case reports from the Emerging Infections Network. Side effects were common and often led to changing or discontinuing therapy. KW - Nontuberculous mycobacteria KW - adverse effects KW - therapeutics KW - Mycobacterium abscessus KW - bacteria KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - treatment DO - 10.3201/eid2203.150828 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/3/15-0828_article ER - End of Reference