Mehdi S. Mirsaeidi M.D., M.P.H. Professor & Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Department: Department of Medicine Business Phone: (904) 244-4075 Business Email: mehdi.mirsaeidi@jax.ufl.edu Appointments and Locations Board Certifications Pulmonary and Critical Care MedicineAMBIM - Geriatric Medicine - Diplomate Show More Clinical Profile Specialties Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Show More Publications 2023Association of County-degree Social Vulnerability with Chronic Respiratory Disease Mortality in the United StatesAnnals of the American Thoracic Society.20(1):47-57[DOI] 10.1513/annalsats.202202-136oc.[PMID] .PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Anti-inflammatory Properties of the Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone in Models of Granulomatous Inflammation.Lung.200(4):463-472[DOI] 10.1007/s00408-022-00546-x.[PMID] 35717488.PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Association of COVID-19 Case-Fatality Rate With State Health Disparity in the United States.Frontiers in medicine.9():853059-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2022.853059.[PMID] 35847787.PubMed·Publisher's Site2022COVID-19 and Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in medicine.9():705908-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2022.705908.[PMID] 35445048.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022COVID-19 in patients with and without acute kidney injury.Bratislavske lekarske listy.123(5):382-380[DOI] 10.4149/BLL_2022_059.[PMID] 35420885.PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Diagnostic Accuracy of Pyrazinamide Susceptibility Testing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.).28(1):87-98[DOI] 10.1089/mdr.2021.0048.[PMID] 34582723.PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Diagnostic Accuracy of Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19 Detection: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine.9():870738-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2022.870738.[PMID] 35463027.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Roles of Gut Microbiota in COVID-19: A Comprehensive Systematic Review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology.12():804644-[DOI] 10.3389/fcimb.2022.804644.[PMID] 35310853.9 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Effect of Androgen Suppression on Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Men With COVID-19: The HITCH Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open.5(4):e227852-[DOI] 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7852.[PMID] 35438754.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Immunomodulatory agents for COVID-19 treatment: possible mechanism of action and immunopathology featuresMolecular and Cellular Biochemistry.477(3):711-726[DOI] 10.1007/s11010-021-04325-9.[PMID] 35013850.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Pericardial Epithelioid Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Sarcoma: An Atypical Presentation.Cureus.14(7):e26827-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.26827.[PMID] 35847167.PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Repository Corticotropin Injection for the Treatment of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: A Narrative Review.Pulmonary therapy.8(1):43-55[DOI] 10.1007/s41030-022-00181-0.[PMID] 35113366.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Role of anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha agents in treatment of sarcoidosis: A meta-analysisEuropean Journal of Internal Medicine.():-[DOI] 10.1016/j.ejim.2022.12.003.[PMID] .PubMed·Publisher's Site2022SARS-CoV-2 cell entry beyond the ACE2 receptorMolecular Biology Reports.49(11):10715-10727[DOI] 10.1007/s11033-022-07700-x.[PMID] 35754059.5 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021A Trend Analysis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality in the United States by Race and Sex.Annals of the American Thoracic Society.18(7):1138-1146[DOI] 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202007-822OC.[PMID] 33347376.9 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Activity of the growth hormone‐releasing hormone antagonist MIA602 and its underlying mechanisms of action in sarcoidosis‐like granulomaClinical & Translational Immunology.10(7):-[DOI] 10.1002/cti2.1310.[PMID] 34257968.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Allergies, Allergic Comorbidities and the Home Environment in Pediatric Asthma in Southern Florida.International journal of environmental research and public health.18(8):-[DOI] 10.3390/ijerph18084142.[PMID] 33919868.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Antifibrotic and Anti-Inflammatory Actions of α-Melanocytic Hormone: New Roles for an Old PlayerPharmaceuticals.14(1):45-[DOI] 10.3390/ph14010045.[PMID] 33430064.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Associations of Yersinia Enterocolitica Infection with Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets.21(4):682-687[DOI] 10.2174/1871530320666200621180515.[PMID] 32564766.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~20% of COVID-19 deaths.Science immunology.6(62):-[DOI] 10.1126/sciimmunol.abl4340.[PMID] 34413139.190 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Clofazimine susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus: a meta-analysis study.Journal of global antimicrobial resistance.26():188-193[DOI] 10.1016/j.jgar.2021.06.002.[PMID] 34153525.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Commentary: Meta-Analysis and Structural Dynamics of the Emergence of Genetic Variants of SARS-CoV-2.Frontiers in medicine.8():747109-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2021.747109.[PMID] 34631759.PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Comparison of Rifabutin-Based Versus Rifampin-Based Regimens for the Treatment of Mycobacterium avium Complex: A meta-Analysis Study.Frontiers in pharmacology.12():693369-[DOI] 10.3389/fphar.2021.693369.[PMID] 34557091.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021COVID-19 and Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine.8():695206-[DOI] 10.3389/fcvm.2021.695206.[PMID] 34222385.8 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021COVID-19 and cause of pregnancy loss during the pandemic: A systematic review.PloS one.16(8):e0255994-[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0255994.[PMID] 34379700.18 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Drug-Induced Liver Injury in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in medicine.8():731436-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2021.731436.[PMID] 34616757.15 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Effect of Face Masks on Gas Exchange in Healthy Persons and Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Annals of the American Thoracic Society.18(3):541-544[DOI] 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202007-812RL.[PMID] 33003954.54 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Inborn Errors in the LRR Domain of Nod2 and Their Potential Consequences on the Function of the ReceptorCells.10(8):2031-[DOI] 10.3390/cells10082031.[PMID] 34440800.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Long‐term exposure to indoor air pollution and risk of tuberculosisIndoor Air.31(3):628-638[DOI] 10.1111/ina.12756.[PMID] 33016379.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Machine-learning-based COVID-19 mortality prediction model and identification of patients at low and high risk of dyingCritical Care.25(1):-[DOI] 10.1186/s13054-021-03749-5.[PMID] 34496940.18 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Mask-off policy in the shadow of emerging variants of SARS-COV-2European Journal of Internal Medicine.90():109-110[DOI] 10.1016/j.ejim.2021.06.015.[PMID] 34193373.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Nanotechnology against the novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2): diagnosis, treatment, therapy and future perspectives.Nanomedicine (London, England).16(6):497-516[DOI] 10.2217/nnm-2020-0441.[PMID] 33683164.26 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Macrophages, and Host Innate Immune ResponseInfection and Immunity.89(8):-[DOI] 10.1128/iai.00812-20.[PMID] .PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Novel three-dimensional biochip pulmonary sarcoidosis modelPLOS ONE.16(2):e0245805-[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0245805.[PMID] 33539409.4 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Performance of Wayne assay for detection of pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a meta-analysis study.New microbes and new infections.42():100886-[DOI] 10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100886.[PMID] 34141437.PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Perspectives on the Health Effects of Hurricanes: A Review and ChallengesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.18(5):2756-[DOI] 10.3390/ijerph18052756.[PMID] 33803162.10 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Phage Therapy for Mycobacterium Abscessus and Strategies to Improve Outcomes.Microorganisms.9(3):-[DOI] 10.3390/microorganisms9030596.[PMID] 33799414.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in Florida and association with large-scale natural disastersBMC Public Health.21(1):-[DOI] 10.1186/s12889-021-12115-7.[PMID] 34758787.PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Role of Clofazimine in Treatment of Mycobacterium avium Complex.Frontiers in medicine.8():638306-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2021.638306.[PMID] 33968952.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Role of IgG against N-protein of SARS-CoV2 in COVID19 clinical outcomes.Scientific reports.11(1):3455-[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-021-83108-0.[PMID] 33568776.34 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Sarcoidosis or cancer? That is the question.Respiratory medicine case reports.33():101426-[DOI] 10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101426.[PMID] 34401272.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Skin Manifestations in COVID-19 Patients: Are They Indicators for Disease Severity? A Systematic Review.Frontiers in medicine.8():634208-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2021.634208.[PMID] 33665200.26 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021State-Level Health Disparity Is Associated with Sarcoidosis MortalityJournal of Clinical Medicine.10(11):2366-[DOI] 10.3390/jcm10112366.[PMID] 34072248.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Structural Analysis of the Novel Variants of SARS-CoV-2 and Forecasting in North America.Viruses.13(5):-[DOI] 10.3390/v13050930.[PMID] 34067890.10 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021The Efficacy and Potential Mechanisms of Metformin in the Treatment of COVID-19 in the Diabetics: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in endocrinology.12():645194-[DOI] 10.3389/fendo.2021.645194.[PMID] 33815295.27 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021X-linked recessive TLR7 deficiency in ~1% of men under 60 years old with life-threatening COVID-19.Science immunology.6(62):-[DOI] 10.1126/sciimmunol.abl4348.[PMID] 34413140.141 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020<p>Ocular Manifestations of Sarcoidosis in a South Florida Population</p>Clinical Ophthalmology.Volume 14():3741-3746[DOI] 10.2147/opth.s278373.[PMID] .PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Anti-inflammatory effects of α-MSH through p-CREB expression in sarcoidosis like granuloma modelScientific Reports.10(1):-[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-020-64305-9.[PMID] 32350353.15 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Antibiotic therapy success rate in pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Expert review of anti-infective therapy.18(3):263-273[DOI] 10.1080/14787210.2020.1720650.[PMID] 31986933.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Association between African Dust Transport and Acute Exacerbations of COPD in MiamiJournal of Clinical Medicine.9(8):2496-[DOI] 10.3390/jcm9082496.[PMID] 32756441.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Association of Serum Albumin and Severity of Pulmonary Embolism.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania).56(1):-[DOI] 10.3390/medicina56010026.[PMID] 31936687.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's 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10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101222.[PMID] 32953449.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Delphi consensus recommendations for a treatment algorithm in pulmonary sarcoidosis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society.29(155):-[DOI] 10.1183/16000617.0146-2019.[PMID] 32198218.39 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Diagnostic Accuracy of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in Real Life.Frontiers in medicine.7():118-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2020.00118.[PMID] 32318581.10 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Editorial: Interstitial Lung Disease in the Context of Systemic Disease: Pathophysiology, Treatment and Outcomes.Frontiers in medicine.7():644075-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2020.644075.[PMID] 33585522.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Effects of 100 % oxygen during exercise in patients with interstitial lung disease.Respiratory physiology & neurobiology.274():103367-[DOI] 10.1016/j.resp.2019.103367.[PMID] 31911201.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Genotyping and drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Iran: a multi-centre study.New microbes and new infections.37():100729-[DOI] 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100729.[PMID] 32774869.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone in Lung Physiology and Pulmonary DiseaseCells.9(10):2331-[DOI] 10.3390/cells9102331.[PMID] 33096674.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Health and Economy in COVID-19 Era: A Plan for Reconstituting Long-Term Economic Security.Frontiers in public health.8():235-[DOI] 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00235.[PMID] 32574304.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Improving survival outcome among elderly lung transplant recipients.European journal of internal medicine.74():121-124[DOI] 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.01.012.[PMID] 32001096.PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19.Science (New York, N.Y.).370(6515):-[DOI] 10.1126/science.abd4570.[PMID] 32972995.1227 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Lack of tocilizumab effect on mortality in COVID19 patientsScientific Reports.10(1):-[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-020-74328-x.[PMID] 33051534.12 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Management of crash and burn patients with SARS-CoV-2 associated ARDS.Journal of cardiac surgery.35(9):2129-2130[DOI] 10.1111/jocs.14699.[PMID] 32663349.PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Management of repository corticotrophin injection therapy for pulmonary sarcoidosis: a Delphi study.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society.29(155):-[DOI] 10.1183/16000617.0147-2019.[PMID] 32198219.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Missense (p.Glu778Lys) and (p.Gly908Arg) variants of NOD2 gene are associated with recurrent pulmonary non‐tuberculous mycobacterial infectionsScandinavian Journal of Immunology.92(3):-[DOI] 10.1111/sji.12935.[PMID] .PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Olfactory and gustatory dysfunction in COVID‐19 patients: A meta‐analysis studyPhysiological Reports.8(18):-[DOI] 10.14814/phy2.14578.[PMID] 32975884.27 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Potential Mechanisms for COVID-19 Induced Anosmia and Dysgeusia.Frontiers in physiology.11():1039-[DOI] 10.3389/fphys.2020.01039.[PMID] 33041842.17 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Presence of concurrent sarcoid-like granulomas indicates better survival in cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study.ERJ open research.6(4):-[DOI] 10.1183/23120541.00061-2020.[PMID] 33263026.11 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Prevalence and Mechanisms of Carbapenem Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies from Iran.Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.).26(12):1491-1502[DOI] 10.1089/mdr.2019.0440.[PMID] 32348701.5 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Protective effect of influenza vaccination on cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports.10(1):20656-[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-020-77679-7.[PMID] 33244069.8 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020STAT3 gain-of-function mutation in a patient with pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infection.Respiratory medicine case reports.30():101125-[DOI] 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101125.[PMID] 32577366.8 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020State-Level Disparity in Lung Cancer Survival in the United States.Frontiers in oncology.10():1449-[DOI] 10.3389/fonc.2020.01449.[PMID] 32974167.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020The COVID-19 Pandemic-Can open access modeling give us better answers more quickly?Journal of applied clinical medical physics.21(6):4-6[DOI] 10.1002/acm2.12941.[PMID] 32476231.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019An update on IgG4-related lung disease.European journal of internal medicine.66():18-24[DOI] 10.1016/j.ejim.2019.06.010.[PMID] 31227290.19 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Electronic Cigarettes Enhance Replication of Mycobacterium abscessus in Airway Epithelial CellsAmerican Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.60(6):717-719[DOI] 10.1165/rcmb.2018-0339le.[PMID] .PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Receptor Antagonist Modulates Lung Inflammation and Fibrosis due to Bleomycin.Lung.197(5):541-549[DOI] 10.1007/s00408-019-00257-w.[PMID] 31392398.23 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Guidelines-based treatment associated with improved economic outcomes in nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease.Journal of medical economics.22(11):1126-1133[DOI] 10.1080/13696998.2019.1620243.[PMID] 31094592.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Hepatic Sarcoidosis: Natural History and Management Implications.Frontiers in medicine.6():232-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2019.00232.[PMID] 31737633.14 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Low diagnostic accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF assay for extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A multicenter surveillanceScientific Reports.9(1):-[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-019-55112-y.[PMID] 31811239.21 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Metabolomic and metallomic profile differences between Veterans and Civilians with Pulmonary SarcoidosisScientific Reports.9(1):-[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-019-56174-8.[PMID] 31863066.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Mycobacterium abscessus-Bronchial Epithelial Cells Cross-Talk Through Type I Interferon Signaling.Frontiers in immunology.10():2888-[DOI] 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02888.[PMID] 31921151.9 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Mycobacterium avium complex infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cellular physiology.234(7):9994-10001[DOI] 10.1002/jcp.27859.[PMID] 30548598.4 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Rescue therapy for hypercapnia due to high PEEP mechanical ventilation in patients with ARDS and renal failure.Artificial organs.43(6):599-604[DOI] 10.1111/aor.13393.[PMID] 30431163.5 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Serum Albumin as a Biomarker of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Chronicity.Turkish thoracic journal.20(4):236-240[DOI] 10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2018.094.[PMID] 31584385.PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Systemic Sclerosis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: New Directions in Disease Management.Frontiers in medicine.6():248-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2019.00248.[PMID] 31737640.10 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019The Importance of Melanocortin Receptors and Their Agonists in Pulmonary Disease.Frontiers in medicine.6():145-[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2019.00145.[PMID] 31316990.18 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019The unexplained increase of nontuberculous mycobacteriosis.International journal of mycobacteriology.8(1):1-6[DOI] 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_18_19.[PMID] 30860172.23 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018A portrait of patients who die in-hospital from acute pulmonary embolism.The American journal of emergency medicine.36(10):1914-1916[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.02.035.[PMID] 29525476.PubMed·Publisher's Site2018A Young Woman with Bradycardia and HypotensionAnnals of the American Thoracic Society.15(9):1092-1095[DOI] 10.1513/annalsats.201802-142cc.[PMID] .PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Circulatory TGF-beta1 is significantly higher in early stage of pulmonary sarcoidosis.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG.35(3):213-217[DOI] 10.36141/svdld.v35i3.6112.[PMID] 32476905.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in the era of surveillance chest CT scansInfection.46(6):861-865[DOI] 10.1007/s15010-018-1232-3.[PMID] .PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Differences in vaping topography in relation to adherence to exclusive electronic cigarette use in veterans.PloS one.13(4):e0195896-[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0195896.[PMID] 29694428.10 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Following Diagnosis of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease in the United States.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy.24(10):964-974[DOI] 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complexScientific Reports.8(1):-[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-018-22526-z.[PMID] 29515197.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Mycobacterium avium Complex Extracellular Vesicles Attenuate Inflammation via Inducing IL-10.International journal of molecular and cellular medicine.7(4):241-250[DOI] 10.22088/IJMCM.BUMS.7.4.241.[PMID] 31516884.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Noncoding RNAs: New Players in Pulmonary Medicine and SarcoidosisAmerican Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.58(2):147-156[DOI] 10.1165/rcmb.2017-0196tr.[PMID] .PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Patients at high risk of tuberculosis recurrence.International journal of mycobacteriology.7(1):1-6[DOI] 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_164_17.[PMID] 29516879.31 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria and high efficacy of d-cycloserine and its synergistic effect with clarithromycin against Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium abscessus.Infection and drug resistance.11():2521-2532[DOI] 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