@article{ETD,
      school = {Ph.D.},
      author = {Ku, Jennifer H.},
      url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9079},
      title = {Prescribing patterns and tolerability outcomes of  multi-drug antibiotic therapy used to treat pulmonary  nontuberculous mycobacterial disease due to Mycobacterium  avium complex in U.S. Medicare beneficiaries with  bronchiectasis},
      publisher = {Oregon Health and Science University},
      abstract = {Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous  environmental organisms that can 
cause chronic,  debilitating pulmonary disease, leading to extensive  parenchymal 
destruction, inflammatory lung tissue damage,  airway dilation, and respiratory failure in rare cases. NTM  infection disproportionately affects older individuals,  post-menopausal 
women in particular, and those with  chronic underlying lung diseases such as bronchiectasis, of  which 80% occurs simultaneously with NTM infection. The  burden of NTM disease has increased significantly in the  past decade worldwide, leading to chronic, debilitating  symptoms reducing quality of life and increasing  morbidities, mortalities and permanent disabilities.},
      number = {ETD},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/2227mq24d},
      recid = {9079},
      address = {2021},
}