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General Reports
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The Microbiological and Clinical Effects of Combined Therapy according to Guidelines on the
Treatment of Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease in Japan - Including a
Follow-Up Study.
Kobashi Y, Matsushima T.
Respiration. 2006 Sep 5;
Abstract

Combined effects of ATP on the therapeutic efficacy of antimicrobial drug regimens against
Mycobacterium avium complex infection in mice and roles of cytosolic phospholipase A2-
dependent mechanisms in the ATP-mediated potentiation of antimycobacterial host resistance.
Tomioka H, Sano C, Sato K, et al
J Immunol. 2005 Nov 15;175(10):6741-9.
 Abstract
Clarithromycin
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Clinical features and treatment history of clarithromycin resistance in M. avium-intracellulare
complex pulmonary disease patients
Kuwabara K, Tsuchiya T  Nihon Kokyuki
Gakkai Zasshi. 2007 Aug;45(8):587-92
 Abstract
 
Efficacy and outcomes of clarithromycin treatment for pulmonary MAC disease.
Fujikane T, Fujiuchi S, Yamazaki Y, et al
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2005 Nov;9(11):1281-7.
 Abstract

Prophylactic clarithromycin to treat mycobacterium avium in HIV patients receiving
zidovudine may significantly increase mortality by suppressing lymphopoiesis and
hematopoiesis.
Freund YR, Dousman L, Mohagheghpour N. et al .
Int Immunopharmacol 2002 Sep;2(10):1465-75
 Abstract

  
Ethambutol
       
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Ethambutol Ocular Toxicity in Treatment Regimens for Mycobacterium avium Complex
Lung Disease.
Griffith DE, Brown-Elliott BA, et al  
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Apr 28;
 Abstract
Interferon
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Effective combination therapy using interferon-gamma and interleukin-2 for disseminated
Mycobacterium avium complex infection in a pediatric patient with AIDS.
Sekiguchi Y, Yasui K, Yamazaki T, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Dec 1;41(11):e104-6.
 Abstract
Mefloquine/Moxifloxacin/Ethambutol
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Mefloquine, moxifloxacin, and ethambutol are a triple-drug alternative to
macrolide-containing regimens for treatment of Mycobacterium avium disease.
Bermudez LE, Kolonoski P, Petrofsky M, et al
J Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 15;187(12):1977-80.
 Abstract
Picolinic Acid/Quinacrine
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Activity of picolinic acid in combination with the antiprotozoal drug quinacrine against
Mycobacterium avium complex.
Shimizu T, Tomioka H.
 Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Sep;50(9):3186-8.
 Abstract
Rifabutin
       

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Rifabutin-induced Hypopyon Uveitis in Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Infected with Mycobacterium avium Complex.
Wang HH, Chung YM, Lin YC, et al
 J Chin Med Assoc. 2007 Mar;70(3):136-9.
 Abstract

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