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From: Successful antibiotic treatment of pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus with C-to-T mutation at position 19 in erm(41) gene: case report

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A 62-year-old female with bronchiectasis and nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease caused by Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus. a Transverse chest computed tomography scan (2.5-mm-section thickness) at the start treatment revealed bilateral bronchiectasis and consolidations (white arrows) in the right middle lobe and lingular division of the left upper lobe as well as multiple tree-in-bud appearances (black arrow), suggesting bronchiolitis. b Transverse chest computed tomography scan (2.5-mm-section thickness) at 12 months of antibiotic treatment revealed decreased consolidation around the bronchiectasis (white arrows) and decreased bronchiolitis (black arrow)

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