Hanson P J, Thomas J M, Collins J V
Department of Medicine, St. Stephen's Hospital, London.
Tubercle. 1987 Dec;68(4):297-9. doi: 10.1016/0041-3879(87)90071-7.
Mycobacterium chelonei was isolated from a breast abscess in a healthy 46-year-old non-lactating Caucasian woman. In-vitro testing showed the organism to be resistant to conventional anti-tuberculosis agents but sensitive to tetracycline and erythromycin. Treatment with isoniazid, pyrazinamide and rifampicin initially produced a good response but the subsequent development of multiple abscesses required the addition of tetracycline and finally a change to erythromycin and trimethoprim, on which recovery was complete.
