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Levofloxacin Alone Efficiently Treated a Cutaneous Mycobacterium fortuitum Infection
Author(s) -
Fujita Nobuhiro,
Utani Atsushi,
Matsumoto Fumiaki,
Matsushima Hironori,
Kakuta Mari,
Hatamochi Atsushi,
Shinkai Hiroshi
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2002.tb00305.x
Subject(s) - mycobacterium fortuitum , levofloxacin , mycobacterium infections , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , mycobacterium , biology , pathology , antibiotics , tuberculosis
Cutaneous infections with Mycobacterium (M.) fortuitum are rare, and some cases resist treatment. We report two cases of cutaneous M. fortuitum infection successfully treated with levofloxacin alone.
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