Successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection with linezolid

B A Brown-Elliott; R J Wallace Jr; R Blinkhorn; C J Crist; L B Mann

doi:10.1086/322523

Successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection with linezolid

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Oct 15;33(8):1433-4. doi: 10.1086/322523. Epub 2001 Sep 5.

Authors

B A Brown-Elliott¹, R J Wallace Jr, R Blinkhorn, C J Crist, L B Mann

Affiliation

¹ Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory and Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX 75708, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 11550122
DOI: 10.1086/322523

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acetamides / therapeutic use*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Humans
Linezolid
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
Mycobacterium chelonae / isolation & purification*
Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Acetamides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Oxazolidinones
Linezolid