Successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection with linezolid

被引：67

作者：

Brown-Elliot, BA

Wallace, RJ

Blinkhorn, R

Crist, CJ

Mann, LB

机构：

[1] Univ Texas Hlth Ctr, Dept Microbiol, Tyler, TX 75708 USA

[2] Univ Texas Hlth Ctr, Mycobacteria Nocardia Lab, Tyler, TX 75708 USA

[3] Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Med, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA

来源：

CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2001年 / 33卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1086/322523

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：1433 / 1434

页数：2

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