Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Treatment of Pulmonary Disease Caused by MAIS, M.Xenopi or M.Malmoense: A Comparison of Two Triple Drug Regimens and an Assessment of the Value of Immunotherapy With M.Vac
Brief Summary: To date key drugs in the treatment of MAIS, M.malmoense and M.xenopi (Opportunist Mycobacteria have been rifampicin and ethambutol. Clarithromycin and Ciprofloxacin are active in vitro against these species of mycobacteria. The primary aim of this study was to compare these to agents as supplements to rifampicin and ethambutol. A secondary aim was to assess the vale of immunotherapy with M.vaccae.