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

Successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection with linezolid

B A Brown-Elliott  1 , R J Wallace Jr, R Blinkhorn, C J Crist, L B Mann
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Successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection with linezolid

B A Brown-Elliott et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

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.

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