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| Patient no. | Age/sex | Organ involvement | Treatment duration before IVCY (month) | Other opportunistic infection | Oral antibiotic | Parenteral antibiotic prior to IVCY/duration (week) | No. of IVCY cycle received | Initial IFN-γ Ab titer | IFN-γ Ab titer at the end of treatment | Follow-up after IVCY (month) | Outcome |
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| 1 | 52/M | Lymph nodes, lung, spleen | 19 | Tuberculosis lung, Herpes zoster, penicilliosis | Clarithromycin, ofloxacin | (1) Cefoxitin/2
(2) Imipenem/2
(3) Imipenem/4
(4) Imipenem/4 | 5 | 1 : 100,000 | 1 : 50,000 | Not applicable | Unevaluable: lost to follow-up and died 3 months later |
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| 2 | 54/M | Lymph nodes, lung | 15 | None | Clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin | (1) Imipenem/2
(2) Imipenem/4
(3) Imipenem/4 | 14 | 1 : 200,000 | 1 : 5,000 | 57 | Response: cured with discontinued NTM treatment |
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| 3 | 57/M | Lymph nodes, lung, liver | 10 | Tuberculosis lung | Azithromycin, ciprofloxacin | (1) Imipenem/4
(2) Imipenem/4
(3) Imipenem/4 | 16 | 1 : 200,000 | 1 : 1,000 | 44 | Response: cured with discontinued NTM treatment |
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| 4 | 41/M | Lymph nodes, nasal septum | 19 | Melioidosis | Clarithromycin, ofloxacin | (1) Imipenem/2
(2) Imipenem/4
(3) Imipenem/4
(4) Imipenem/4 | 17 | 1 : 200,000 | 1 : 1,000 | 60 | Response: stable on NTM treatment without hospitalization for parenteral antibiotic |
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| 5 | 54/F | Lymph nodes, skin | 12 | None | Clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin | (1) Imipenem/4
(2) Imipenem/4
(3) Imipenem/4
(4) Imipenem/4 | 17 | 1 : 100,000 | 1 : 1,000 | 28 | Response: stable on NTM treatment without hospitalization for parenteral antibiotic |
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| 6 | 65/M | Lymph nodes, lung, femur | 48 | Salmonellosis | Clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin | (1) Imipenem/4
(2) Imipenem/4
(3) Imipenem/4 | 17 | 1 : 100,000 | 1 : 5,000 | 44 | Response: stable on NTM treatment without hospitalization for parenteral antibiotic |
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| 7 | 34/M | Lymph nodes, lung, multiple bones | 15 | Cryptococcosis, tuberculosis bone | Clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin, linezolid | (1) Imipenem/2
(2) Imipenem/2
(3) Imipenem/4
(4) Imipenem/4
(5) Imipenem/4
(6) Imipenem/4 | 25 | 1 : 200,000 | 1 : 50,000 | 45 | Not response: relapsed with hospitalization for parenteral antibiotic |
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| 8 | 20/F | Lymph nodes, skin, lung, liver, spleen, pancreas, humerus | 26 | Cryptococcosis, Herpes zoster | Azithromycin, ofloxacin, doxycycline, linezolid | (1) Imipenem/4
(2) Imipenem/4
(3) Imipenem/4 | 20 | 1 : 400,000 | 1 : 50,000 | 41 | Not response: relapsed twice with hospitalization for parenteral antibiotic |
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