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Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonei infection: a report of two cases.

John C. Pottage, Angelique Harris, Gordon M. Trenholme, Stuart Levin, R L Kaplan, J M Feczko

PubMed · 1982 · 29 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

Two patients with disseminated disease caused by Mycobacterium chelonei are presented. Despite treatment with multiple antibiotics the patients died. The clinical features, course, and treatment of disseminated disease caused by M. chelonei are discussed.

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PubMed · 1979 · 372 citations

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Two Outbreaks of Sternal Wound Infections Due to Organisms of the Mycobacterium fortuitum Complex

P C Hoffman, David W. Fraser, Francis Robicsek et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 1981 · 187 citations

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<i>Mycobacterium fortuitum</i>—A Human Pathogen

W. Lee Hand · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1970 · 144 citations

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Clinical Usefulness of Amikacin and Doxycycline in the Treatment of Infection Due to Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium chelonei

J. R. Dalovisio, George A. Pankey, Richard J. Wallace et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 1981 · 123 citations

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Fastidious Mycobacteria Grown from Porcine Prosthetic-Heart-Valve Cultures

Leonard F. Laskowski, J. Joseph Marr, John F. Spernoga et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1977 · 111 citations

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