Table 4 Treatment and response by mycobacterial species
From: Nontuberculous mycobacterial skin and soft tissue infection in Hawaiʻi
M. abscessus (n = 23), Mean ± SD/Freq (%) | M. chelonae (n = 6), Mean ± SD/Freq (%) | M. fortuitum (n = 12), Mean ± SD/Freq (%) | M. avium complex (n = 6), Mean ± SD/Freq (%) | M. marinum (n = 2), Mean ± SD/Freq (%) | Others (n = 1), Mean ± SD/Freq (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time on antibiotics | 129.9 ± 167.2 | 540.2 ± 1160.1 | 168.9 ± 209.1 | 94.0 ± 79.6 | 134.0 ± 99.0 | 716 |
Mortality | 1 (4) | 1 (16) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cure rate | 19 (83) | 3 (50) | 10 (91) | 2 (33) | 1 (50) | 1 (100) |
Treatment | ||||||
Antibiotics alone | 6 (26) | 3 (50) | 3 (25) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (100) | 1 (100) |
Surgical intervention only | 0 | 1 (16.7) | 0 | 1 (16.7) | 0 | 0 |
Antibiotics and surgery | 16 (69.6) | 2 (33.3) | 9 (75) | 4 (66.7) | 0 | 0 |
Other | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) |