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Volume 22, Number 3—March 2016
Dispatch

Treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus Infection

Shannon A. NovosadComments to Author , Susan E. Beekmann, Philip M. Polgreen, Kate Mackey, Kevin L. Winthrop, and M. abscessus Study Team
Author affiliations: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA (S.A. Novosad, K. Mackey, K.L. Winthrop); University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA (S.E. Beekmann, P.M. Polgreen)

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Table 2

Side effects associated with antimicrobial drug therapy for Mycoobacterium abscessus infection, March–December 2013*

Side effect No. (%)
Gastrointestinal† 23 (41.8)
Skin changes‡ 11 (20.0)
Renal insufficiency 9 (16.4)
Hearing loss 7 (12.7)
Tinnitus 6 (10.9)
Loss of balance 4 (7.3)
Transaminitis 4 (7.3)
Shortness of breath or airway irritation 3 (5.5)
Neutropenia or thrombocytopenia 2 (3.6)
Other§ 5 (9.1)

*Data for 55 patients; some patients reported the same adverse event >1 time and attributed it to different medications. Here, each adverse event is reported only 1 time.
†Nausea/vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea.
‡Rash, pruritis, discoloration.
§Anxiety, failure to thrive, fatigue, oral and genitourinary candidiasis.

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1Members of the study team are listed at the end of this article.

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