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Bedaquiline as Treatment for Disseminated Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection in 2 Patients Co-Infected with HIV.

Authors:
Eliza Gil Nicola Sweeney Veronica Barrett Stephen Morris-Jones Robert F Miller Victoria J Johnston Michael Brown

Emerg Infect Dis 2021 Mar;27(3):944-948

Nontuberculous mycobacteria can cause disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients and are challenging to treat because of antimicrobial resistance and adverse effects of prolonged multidrug treatment. We report successful treatment with bedaquiline, a novel antimycobacterial drug, as part of combination therapy for 2 patients with disseminated nontuberculous mycobacteria co-infected with HIV.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.202359DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920675PMC
March 2021

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