Infectious Disease

Non-Tubercular Mycobacteria

Questions discussed in this category

What additional treatment strategies would you recommend for a patient with a Mycobacterium chelonae and Mycobacterium abscessus infection following bilateral prophylactic mastectomies and implant insertion, who has undergone multiple surgeries and an extended course of IV antibiotics selected based on sensitivities?

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Would you start treatment for MAC in a patient with nodular bronchiectatic disease who has demonstrated radiographic progression but remains asymptomatic and smear-negative?

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Is there a role for dual antibiotic treatment with ethambutol and macrolide only, as opposed to three-drug antibiotic therapy, in the treatment of treatment-naive pulmonary MAC without cavitary disease?

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What is your preferred third antimicrobial agent for a patient with treatment-naive pulmonary MAC without cavitary disease and strict contraindications to utilization of rifampin or rifabutin?

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Do you favor timely bronchoscopy for diagnostics over close surveillance in mildly symptomatic patients with CT findings suspicious for NTM infection who are not able to expectorate?

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Do add a macrolide for immunomodulatory effect in patients with macrolide-resistant M. abscessus?

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What are your top takeaways from ID Week 2024?

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What is your approach to deciding when to stop therapy for cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infections?

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What is your approach to treatment of macrolide-sensitive localized bone/joint MAC disease?

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In which patients do you prefer daily standard three-drug therapy for non-cavitary pulmonary MAC as opposed to three times a week dosing?

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Do you typically adjust or hold immunosuppression in a well-controlled RA patient who is being treated for Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI)?

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How long do you continue surveillance with imaging and sputum cultures in a patient with NTM with no indications for treatment?

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Are you using the microbial cell-free DNA “Karius” test to aid in the diagnosis of an atypical pulmonary infection such as PJP or NTM?

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Papers discussed in this category

Chest, 2023 Feb 17

Patient-Reported Symptom and Health-Related Quality-of-Life Validation and Responsiveness During the First 6 Months of Treatment for Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease.

Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, 2020 Sep 05

Surgical cure of clarithromycin resistant breast implant infection: A case report and review of the literature.

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