Abstract
A 59-year-old immunocompromised woman had nosocomial Legionella micdadei infection that failed to respond to two weeks of erythromycin in high intravenous doses and oral rifampin. Treatment with intravenous trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and oral rifampin, which previously has not been used in this infection, resulted in cure.
MeSH terms
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Drug Combinations / administration & dosage
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Erythromycin / pharmacology
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Erythromycin / therapeutic use*
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Female
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Humans
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Legionella / drug effects
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Legionnaires' Disease / drug therapy*
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Middle Aged
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Rifampin / administration & dosage
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Sulfamethoxazole / administration & dosage
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Trimethoprim / administration & dosage
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Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Substances
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Drug Combinations
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Erythromycin
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Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
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Trimethoprim
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Sulfamethoxazole
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Rifampin