Research Article
An Intensified Regimen Containing Linezolid Could Improve Treatment Response in Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Disease
Table 3
Adverse events according to the severity and treatment group.
| Outcome | Conventional regimen () | Intensified regimen () | value | Conventional regimen () | Intensified regimen () | value | No. with nonsevere event | No. with severe event |
| WBC, decreased | 1 | 6 | 0.001 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | ALT or SGPT, high | 2 | 4 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | NA | Nausea | 3 | 2 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 | NA | Vomiting | 3 | 2 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 | ā | Creatinine, high | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 | 0 | NA | Hemoglobin, low (mmol/L) | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | NA | Arthralgia | 1 | 1 | 0.58 | 0 | 0 | NA |
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NA: not applicable.
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