"Mycobacterium abscessus are Gram-positive, non-motile, acid-fast rods being around 1.0 - 2.5 µm long by 0.5 µm wide."
"Pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infection is a type of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection where the causative organism is Mycobacterium abscessus."
"Mycobacterium abscessus are Gram-positive, non-motile, acid-fast rods being around 1.0 - 2.5 µm long by 0.5 µm wide."
"M. abscessus complex is differentiated into 3 subspecies 5:"
"M. abscessus subsp. abscessus"
"M. abscessus subsp. massiliense"
"M. abscessus subsp. bolletii"
"M. abscessus complex can cause pulmonary disease, especially in those with underlying structural lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, and prior pulmonary tuberculosis."
"There can be considerable overlap in common CT findings of M. abscessus pulmonary infection and Mycobacterium avium intercellulare (MAC)."
"According to some reports, lobar volume loss, nodule, airspace consolidation, and thin-walled cavities are thought to be more frequently seen in with MAC than M. abscessus 3."
"M. abscessus is resistant to many antibiotics and thus is very difficult to treat (with treatment failure rates of around 50% reported on some studies 6). Combination therapy of intravenous amikacin with cefoxitin or imipenem and an oral macrolide have been recommended by the American Thoracic Society (ATS)/Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)."