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A rare case of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection causing chyluria
We report a case of chyluria caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a sixty-four year old male, who was successfully treated with two weeks of amikacin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and levofloxacin followed by twenty four weeks of levofloxacin and doxycycline.
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2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8605416/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34840956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01342 |
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| author | Kwong, T.S. Chan, H.Y. Wu, T.C. |
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| description | We report a case of chyluria caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a sixty-four year old male, who was successfully treated with two weeks of amikacin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and levofloxacin followed by twenty four weeks of levofloxacin and doxycycline. |
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| spelling | pubmed-86054162021-11-26 A rare case of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection causing chyluria Kwong, T.S. Chan, H.Y. Wu, T.C. IDCases Case Report We report a case of chyluria caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a sixty-four year old male, who was successfully treated with two weeks of amikacin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and levofloxacin followed by twenty four weeks of levofloxacin and doxycycline. Elsevier 2021-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8605416/ /pubmed/34840956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01342 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| spellingShingle | Case Report Kwong, T.S. Chan, H.Y. Wu, T.C. A rare case of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection causing chyluria |
| title | A rare case of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection causing chyluria |
| title_full | A rare case of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection causing chyluria |
| title_fullStr | A rare case of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection causing chyluria |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rare case of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection causing chyluria |
| title_short | A rare case of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection causing chyluria |
| title_sort | rare case of mycobacterium fortuitum infection causing chyluria |
| topic | Case Report |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8605416/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34840956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01342 |
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