1488. Relationship Between Culture Conversion and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Mycobacterium abscessus (MAB) Lung Disease: A Systematic Literature Review

Open Forum Infect Dis · 2020 · PMC7778020

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In 10 studies (N=869) reporting overall symptoms and culture conversion separately, 72.5% of patients (range 36%–96%) reported symptom improvement and 56.5% (range, 13%-99%) achieved culture conversion; a weak trend between symptomatic improvement and higher culture conversion rates (R 2 =0.36) was observed.

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