Recommended regimens for HIV negative patients with disease due to opportunist mycobacteria
| Regimen | Duration | |||
| Pulmonary disease: | ||||
| M kansasii | Rifampicin 450 mg orally o.m. if <50 kg; 600 mg orally if ⩾50 kg | 9 months | ||
| Ethambutol 15 mg/ kg orally o.m. | ||||
| M avium complex (MAC) | Rifampicin (dose as above) | 2 years | ||
| M malmoense | Ethambutol (dose as above) | |||
| M xenopi | (± isoniazid 300 mg orally o.m.) | |||
| Others | See text | See text | ||
| Lymph node: | ||||
| M kansasii | Excision. If recurrence, further excision + rifampicin and ethambutol daily (doses as above) | 2 years | ||
| M malmoense | ||||
| M xenopi | ||||
| MAC | Excision. If recurrence, further excision + rifampicin and ethambutol (doses as above) and clarithromycin (500 mg orally b.d.) | 2 years | ||
| Others | See text | See text | ||
| Intolerance to rifampicin or ethambutol | Substitute clarithromycin and/or ciprofloxacin | |||