Successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection with linezolid.
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.
Brown-Elliott
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Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory and Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX 75708, USA. barbara.elliott@uthct.edu
Wallace
R J
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Blinkhorn
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Crist
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Mann
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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
D000081:Acetamides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D000069349:Linezolid