Lack of Antimicrobial Bactericidal Activity in Mycobacterium abscessus

Transmission of M abscessus in patients with cystic fibrosis

(2013) Erik C Böttger   LANCET

Whole-genome sequencing to identify transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus between patients with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study

(2013) Josephine M Bryant et al.   LANCET

Identification and characterization of the genetic changes responsible for the characteristic smooth-to-rough morphotype alterations of clinically persistentMycobacterium abscessus

(2013) Alexandre Pawlik et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Mab_3168c, a Putative Acetyltransferase, Enhances Adherence, Intracellular Survival and Antimicrobial Resistance of Mycobacterium abscessus

(2013) Sheng-Hui Tsai et al.   PLoS One

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, Drug Resistance Mechanisms, and Therapy of Infections with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

(2012) B. A. Brown-Elliott et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Mycobacterium abscessus: a new antibiotic nightmare

(2012) R. Nessar et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Acquisition of clarithromycin resistance mutations in the 23S rRNA gene of Mycobacterium abscessus in the presence of inducible erm(41)

(2012) F. P. Maurer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Clinical and Microbiologic Outcomes in Patients Receiving Treatment for Mycobacterium abscessus Pulmonary Disease

(2011) Julie Jarand et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Assessment of Clarithromycin Susceptibility in Strains Belonging to theMycobacterium abscessusGroup byerm(41) andrrlSequencing

(2010) Sylvaine Bastian et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Proposal that Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii be united and reclassified as Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii comb. nov., designation of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus subsp. nov. and emended description of Mycobacterium abscessus

(2010) S. C. Leao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Mycobacterium massiliense is differentiated from Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium bolletii by erythromycin ribosome methyltransferase gene (erm) and clarithromycin susceptibility patterns

(2010) Hee-Youn Kim et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Antibiotic Treatment ofMycobacterium abscessusLung Disease

(2009) Kyeongman Jeon et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

A Novel Gene, erm(41), Confers Inducible Macrolide Resistance to Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus but Is Absent from Mycobacterium chelonae

(2009) K. A. Nash et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Non Mycobacterial Virulence Genes in the Genome of the Emerging Pathogen Mycobacterium abscessus

(2009) Fabienne Ripoll et al.   PLoS One

Differential Antibiotic Susceptibility of Mycobacterium abscessus Variants in Biofilms and Macrophages Compared to That of Planktonic Bacteria

(2008) R. Greendyke et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Construction of Mycobacterium abscessus Defined Glycopeptidolipid Mutants: Comparison of Genetic Tools

(2008) H. Medjahed et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY