Affiliation:
1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Abstract
Limited data are available regarding the impact of the antibiotic maintenance period on the redevelopment of
Mycobacterium avium
complex-pulmonary (MAC-PD) disease after microbiological cure. To improve treatment outcomes and reduce the recurrence rate, current guidelines recommend maintenance of antibiotics for a minimum of 12 months after achievement of negative culture conversion.
Funder
Korea Health Industry Development Institute
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology
Cited by
2 articles.
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