Inhaled Antibiotics for Refractory Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis and the Significance of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus Isolation during M. avium Complex Lung Disease Therapy

Vikramjit Mukherjee^{1

2}, William S Bender^{1

2}, John P Egan 3rd^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
² Recommended Reading from the New York University School of Medicine Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program; Doreen Addrizzo-Harris, M.D., Program Director, and Ashwin Basavaraj, M.D., Assistant Program Director.

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Vikramjit Mukherjee et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015.

. 2015 Jul 1;192(1):106-8.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201502-0360RR.

Vikramjit Mukherjee^{1

2}, William S Bender^{1

2}, John P Egan 3rd^{1

2}

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
² Recommended Reading from the New York University School of Medicine Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program; Doreen Addrizzo-Harris, M.D., Program Director, and Ashwin Basavaraj, M.D., Assistant Program Director.

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