Successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection withlinezolid

Citation
Ba. Brown-elliot et al., Successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection withlinezolid, CLIN INF D, 33(8), 2001, pp. 1433-1434
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10584838 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1433 - 1434
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(20011015)33:8<1433:STODMC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We describe a 57-year-old man with steroid-dependent myasthenia gravis and progressive ulcerating leg nodules due to clarithromycin-resistant Mycobact erium chelonae. The patient was successfully treated with linezolid.