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Mycobacterium abscessus abscessus infection

MedGen UID:
1688588
Concept ID:
C5139150
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0032130

Definition

Mycobacterium abscessus complex comprises a group of rapidly growing, multidrug-resistant, nontuberculous mycobacteria that are responsible for a wide spectrum of skin and soft tissue diseases, central nervous system infections, bacteremia, and ocular and other infections. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMycobacterium abscessus abscessus infection

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Chen B, Song H, Xu M, Gao Q, Wang F, Wang J, Wu J
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2020 Sep;21(7):639-644. Epub 2020 Jan 9 doi: 10.1089/sur.2019.270. PMID: 31916926
Madariaga MG
Clin Infect Dis 2020 Aug 14;71(4):1124. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1014. PMID: 31612905
Novosad SA, Beekmann SE, Polgreen PM, Mackey K, Winthrop KL; M. abscessus Study Team
Emerg Infect Dis 2016 Mar;22(3):511-4. doi: 10.3201/eid2203.150828. PMID: 26890211Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Prevots DR, Marshall JE, Wagner D, Morimoto K
Clin Chest Med 2023 Dec;44(4):675-721. Epub 2023 Sep 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2023.08.012. PMID: 37890910Free PMC Article
Lange C, Böttger EC, Cambau E, Griffith DE, Guglielmetti L, van Ingen J, Knight SL, Marras TK, Olivier KN, Santin M, Stout JE, Tortoli E, Wagner D, Winthrop K, Daley CL; expert panel group for management recommendations in non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary diseases
Lancet Infect Dis 2022 Jul;22(7):e178-e190. Epub 2022 Jan 25 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00586-7. PMID: 35090639
Franco-Paredes C, Marcos LA, Henao-Martínez AF, Rodríguez-Morales AJ, Villamil-Gómez WE, Gotuzzo E, Bonifaz A
Clin Microbiol Rev 2018 Jan;32(1) Epub 2018 Nov 14 doi: 10.1128/CMR.00069-18. PMID: 30429139Free PMC Article
Koh WJ
Microbiol Spectr 2017 Jan;5(1) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0024-2016. PMID: 28128073
Henkle E, Winthrop KL
Clin Chest Med 2015 Mar;36(1):91-9. Epub 2014 Dec 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2014.11.002. PMID: 25676522Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Cristancho-Rojas C, Varley CD, Lara SC, Kherabi Y, Henkle E, Winthrop KL
Clin Microbiol Infect 2024 Jun;30(6):712-717. Epub 2023 Sep 30 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.08.035. PMID: 37778416
Daley CL, Iaccarino JM, Lange C, Cambau E, Wallace RJ, Andrejak C, Böttger EC, Brozek J, Griffith DE, Guglielmetti L, Huitt GA, Knight SL, Leitman P, Marras TK, Olivier KN, Santin M, Stout JE, Tortoli E, van Ingen J, Wagner D, Winthrop KL
Clin Infect Dis 2020 Aug 14;71(4):905-913. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1125. PMID: 32797222Free PMC Article
Daley CL, Iaccarino JM, Lange C, Cambau E, Wallace RJ Jr, Andrejak C, Böttger EC, Brozek J, Griffith DE, Guglielmetti L, Huitt GA, Knight SL, Leitman P, Marras TK, Olivier KN, Santin M, Stout JE, Tortoli E, van Ingen J, Wagner D, Winthrop KL
Eur Respir J 2020 Jul;56(1) Epub 2020 Jul 7 doi: 10.1183/13993003.00535-2020. PMID: 32636299Free PMC Article
Daley CL, Iaccarino JM, Lange C, Cambau E, Wallace RJ Jr, Andrejak C, Böttger EC, Brozek J, Griffith DE, Guglielmetti L, Huitt GA, Knight SL, Leitman P, Marras TK, Olivier KN, Santin M, Stout JE, Tortoli E, van Ingen J, Wagner D, Winthrop KL
Clin Infect Dis 2020 Aug 14;71(4):e1-e36. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa241. PMID: 32628747Free PMC Article
Koh WJ
Microbiol Spectr 2017 Jan;5(1) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0024-2016. PMID: 28128073

Therapy

Nick JA, Dedrick RM, Gray AL, Vladar EK, Smith BE, Freeman KG, Malcolm KC, Epperson LE, Hasan NA, Hendrix J, Callahan K, Walton K, Vestal B, Wheeler E, Rysavy NM, Poch K, Caceres S, Lovell VK, Hisert KB, de Moura VC, Chatterjee D, De P, Weakly N, Martiniano SL, Lynch DA, Daley CL, Strong M, Jia F, Hatfull GF, Davidson RM
Cell 2022 May 26;185(11):1860-1874.e12. Epub 2022 May 13 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.04.024. PMID: 35568033Free PMC Article
Griffith DE, Daley CL
Chest 2022 Jan;161(1):64-75. Epub 2021 Jul 24 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.07.035. PMID: 34314673
Victoria L, Gupta A, Gómez JL, Robledo J
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021;11:659997. Epub 2021 Apr 26 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.659997. PMID: 33981630Free PMC Article
Johansen MD, Herrmann JL, Kremer L
Nat Rev Microbiol 2020 Jul;18(7):392-407. Epub 2020 Feb 21 doi: 10.1038/s41579-020-0331-1. PMID: 32086501
Henkle E, Winthrop KL
Clin Chest Med 2015 Mar;36(1):91-9. Epub 2014 Dec 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2014.11.002. PMID: 25676522Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Nick JA, Dedrick RM, Gray AL, Vladar EK, Smith BE, Freeman KG, Malcolm KC, Epperson LE, Hasan NA, Hendrix J, Callahan K, Walton K, Vestal B, Wheeler E, Rysavy NM, Poch K, Caceres S, Lovell VK, Hisert KB, de Moura VC, Chatterjee D, De P, Weakly N, Martiniano SL, Lynch DA, Daley CL, Strong M, Jia F, Hatfull GF, Davidson RM
Cell 2022 May 26;185(11):1860-1874.e12. Epub 2022 May 13 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.04.024. PMID: 35568033Free PMC Article
Griffith DE, Daley CL
Chest 2022 Jan;161(1):64-75. Epub 2021 Jul 24 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.07.035. PMID: 34314673
Cowman S, van Ingen J, Griffith DE, Loebinger MR
Eur Respir J 2019 Jul;54(1) Epub 2019 Jul 11 doi: 10.1183/13993003.00250-2019. PMID: 31221809
Porvaznik I, Solovič I, Mokrý J
Adv Exp Med Biol 2017;944:19-25. doi: 10.1007/5584_2016_45. PMID: 27826888
Bryant JM, Grogono DM, Rodriguez-Rincon D, Everall I, Brown KP, Moreno P, Verma D, Hill E, Drijkoningen J, Gilligan P, Esther CR, Noone PG, Giddings O, Bell SC, Thomson R, Wainwright CE, Coulter C, Pandey S, Wood ME, Stockwell RE, Ramsay KA, Sherrard LJ, Kidd TJ, Jabbour N, Johnson GR, Knibbs LD, Morawska L, Sly PD, Jones A, Bilton D, Laurenson I, Ruddy M, Bourke S, Bowler IC, Chapman SJ, Clayton A, Cullen M, Daniels T, Dempsey O, Denton M, Desai M, Drew RJ, Edenborough F, Evans J, Folb J, Humphrey H, Isalska B, Jensen-Fangel S, Jönsson B, Jones AM, Katzenstein TL, Lillebaek T, MacGregor G, Mayell S, Millar M, Modha D, Nash EF, O'Brien C, O'Brien D, Ohri C, Pao CS, Peckham D, Perrin F, Perry A, Pressler T, Prtak L, Qvist T, Robb A, Rodgers H, Schaffer K, Shafi N, van Ingen J, Walshaw M, Watson D, West N, Whitehouse J, Haworth CS, Harris SR, Ordway D, Parkhill J, Floto RA
Science 2016 Nov 11;354(6313):751-757. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf8156. PMID: 27846606Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

El Ghali A, Morrisette T, Alosaimy S, Lucas K, Tupayachi-Ortiz MG, Vemula R, Wadle C, Philley JV, Mejia-Chew C, Hamad Y, Stevens RW, Zeuli JD, Webb AJ, Fiske CT, Simonyan A, Cimino CL, Mammadova M, Umana VE, Hasbun R, Butt S, Molina KC, Thomas M, Kaip EA, Bouchard J, Gore TW, Howard C, Cabanilla MG, Holger DJ, Frens JJ, Barger M, Ong A, Cohen KA, Rybak MJ
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2023 Oct 18;67(10):e0082423. Epub 2023 Sep 28 doi: 10.1128/aac.00824-23. PMID: 37768312Free PMC Article
Dedrick RM, Smith BE, Cristinziano M, Freeman KG, Jacobs-Sera D, Belessis Y, Whitney Brown A, Cohen KA, Davidson RM, van Duin D, Gainey A, Garcia CB, Robert George CR, Haidar G, Ip W, Iredell J, Khatami A, Little JS, Malmivaara K, McMullan BJ, Michalik DE, Moscatelli A, Nick JA, Tupayachi Ortiz MG, Polenakovik HM, Robinson PD, Skurnik M, Solomon DA, Soothill J, Spencer H, Wark P, Worth A, Schooley RT, Benson CA, Hatfull GF
Clin Infect Dis 2023 Jan 6;76(1):103-112. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac453. PMID: 35676823Free PMC Article
Nick JA, Dedrick RM, Gray AL, Vladar EK, Smith BE, Freeman KG, Malcolm KC, Epperson LE, Hasan NA, Hendrix J, Callahan K, Walton K, Vestal B, Wheeler E, Rysavy NM, Poch K, Caceres S, Lovell VK, Hisert KB, de Moura VC, Chatterjee D, De P, Weakly N, Martiniano SL, Lynch DA, Daley CL, Strong M, Jia F, Hatfull GF, Davidson RM
Cell 2022 May 26;185(11):1860-1874.e12. Epub 2022 May 13 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.04.024. PMID: 35568033Free PMC Article
Griffith DE, Daley CL
Chest 2022 Jan;161(1):64-75. Epub 2021 Jul 24 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.07.035. PMID: 34314673
Bryant JM, Brown KP, Burbaud S, Everall I, Belardinelli JM, Rodriguez-Rincon D, Grogono DM, Peterson CM, Verma D, Evans IE, Ruis C, Weimann A, Arora D, Malhotra S, Bannerman B, Passemar C, Templeton K, MacGregor G, Jiwa K, Fisher AJ, Blundell TL, Ordway DJ, Jackson M, Parkhill J, Floto RA
Science 2021 Apr 30;372(6541) doi: 10.1126/science.abb8699. PMID: 33926925Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Wang M, Men P, Zhang W, Wu J, Gu Y, Wang F, Huang H, Yu X, Duan H
J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2024 Jun;37:135-140. Epub 2024 Mar 30 doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2024.03.009. PMID: 38561143
Ojo OT, Odeyemi AO
Ethiop J Health Sci 2023 Sep;33(5):913-918. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v33i5.21. PMID: 38784502Free PMC Article
van Gemert JP, Ravensbergen SJ, Verschuuren EAM, Kerstjens HAM, Willemse BWM, van Ingen J, Hoefsloot W, Gan T, Akkerman OW
Transplant Rev (Orlando) 2023 Dec;37(4):100800. Epub 2023 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/j.trre.2023.100800. PMID: 37832509
Andersson V, Fröberg G, Dahl VN, Chryssanthou E, Giske C, Schön T, Forsman LD
Int J Mycobacteriol 2023 Jul-Sep;12(3):211-225. doi: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_131_23. PMID: 37721224
Dahl VN, Mølhave M, Fløe A, van Ingen J, Schön T, Lillebaek T, Andersen AB, Wejse C
Int J Infect Dis 2022 Dec;125:120-131. Epub 2022 Oct 13 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.10.013. PMID: 36244600

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