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Treatment of Mycobacterium haemophilum infection with an antibiotic regimen including clarithromycin
Author(s) -
DARLING T.N.,
SIDHUMALIK N.,
COREY G.R.,
ALLEN N.B.,
KAMINO H.,
MURRAY J.C.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1994.tb08528.x
Subject(s) - medicine , clarithromycin , library science , family medicine , classics , history , computer science , helicobacter pylori
Summary A patient with rheumatoid arthritis developed ulcerated nodules predominantly on his legs. Skin biopsy and culture demonstrated rheumatoid vasculitis and infection with Mycobacterium haemophilum . Improvement was not seen until clarithromycin was added to his treatment regimen.