title: Successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection with linezolid.
abstract: We describe a 57-year-old man with steroid-dependent myasthenia gravis and progressive ulcerating leg nodules due to clarithromycin-resistant Mycobacterium chelonae. The patient was successfully treated with linezolid.
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory and Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX 75708, USA. barbara.elliott@uthct.edu
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Brown-Elliott
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blinkhorn
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Crist
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D000069349:Linezolid; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D023303:Oxazolidinones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D000069349:Linezolid