TREATMENT OF MYCOBACTERIUM-HAEMOPHILUM INFECTION WITH AN ANTIBIOTIC REGIMEN INCLUDING CLARITHROMYCIN

Authors
DARLING TN SIDHUMALIK N COREY GR ALLEN NB KAMINO H MURRAY JC
Citation
Tn. Darling et al., TREATMENT OF MYCOBACTERIUM-HAEMOPHILUM INFECTION WITH AN ANTIBIOTIC REGIMEN INCLUDING CLARITHROMYCIN, British journal of dermatology, 131(3), 1994, pp. 376-379
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
131
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
376 - 379
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1994)131:3<376:TOMIWA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A patient with rheumatoid arthritis developed ulcerated nodules predom inantly on his legs. Skin biopsy and culture demonstrated rheumatoid v asculitis and infection with Mycobacterium haemophilum. Improvement wa s not seen until clarithromycin was added to his treatment regimen.