Clinical Significance of Differentiation of <i>Mycobacterium massiliense</i> from <i>Mycobacterium abscessus</i>

Abstract

Treatment response rates to combination antibiotic therapy including clarithromycin were much higher in patients with M. massiliense lung disease than in those with M. abscessus lung disease. The inducible resistance to clarithromycin could explain the lack of efficacy of clarithromycin-containing antibiotic therapy against M. abscessus lung disease.