Mycobacterium chelonae infection successfully treated with oral clarithromycin and linezolid

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1101-

  Kyle, S D ^a   Porter, W M ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FOREARM; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE;

ACETAMIDES; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; OXAZOLIDINONES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 9644275436     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06230.x     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Wallace RJ, Brown BA, Onyi GO. Skin, soft tissue and bone infections due to Mycobacterium chelonae: importance of prior corticosteroid therapy, frequency of disseminated infections, and resistance to oral antimicrobials other than clarithromycin. J Infect Dis 1992; 166: 405-12.
2. Brown-Elliot BA, Wallace RJ, Blinkhorn R et al. Successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection with linezolid. Clin Infect Dis 2001; 33: 1433-4.