Mycobacterium chelonae (M. chelonae subspecies chelonae): report of a patient with a sporotrichoid presentation who was successfully treated with clarithromycin and ciprofloxacin

M A Zahid; S A Klotz; E Goldstein; W Bartholomew

doi:10.1093/clinids/18.6.999

Mycobacterium chelonae (M. chelonae subspecies chelonae): report of a patient with a sporotrichoid presentation who was successfully treated with clarithromycin and ciprofloxacin

Clin Infect Dis. 1994 Jun;18(6):999-1001. doi: 10.1093/clinids/18.6.999.

Authors

M A Zahid¹, S A Klotz, E Goldstein, W Bartholomew

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.

PMID: 8086568
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/18.6.999

Abstract

We describe a sporotrichoid presentation of infection with Mycobacterium chelonae (M. chelonae subspecies chelonae). The disease occurred in a patient receiving corticosteroid therapy and was cured by the use of clarithromycin and ciprofloxacin.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use*
Clarithromycin / therapeutic use*
Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use*
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy*
Mycobacterium chelonae / drug effects
Mycobacterium chelonae / isolation & purification*
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / drug therapy*

Substances

Ciprofloxacin
Clarithromycin