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.

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2001-10, Vol.33 (8), p.1433-1434
Main Authors: Brown-Elliott, Barbara A., Wallace, Richard J., Blinkhorn, Richard, Crist, Christopher J., Mann, Linda B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acetamides - therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Antibacterial agents
Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
Antimicrobials
Biological and medical sciences
Bones
Brief Reports
Disease resistance
Disease risk
Humans
Infections
Lesions
Linezolid
Male
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium chelonae
Mycobacterium chelonae - isolation & purification
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - drug therapy
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology
Nodules
Oxazolidinones - therapeutic use
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Skin diseases
Treatment Outcome
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/322523