Low rates of macrolide-resistant Mycobacterium avium complex in cystic fibrosis despite chronic azithromycin therapy

J Cyst Fibros. 2021 May;20(3):555-557. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2020.09.004. Epub 2020 Sep 16.

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St., 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St., 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. Electronic address: kcohen8@jhmi.edu.

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Keywords: Azithromycin; Drug resistance; Macrolide; Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC); Nontuberculous mycobacteria.

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