Inguinal lymphadenitis caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum in an immunocompetent child

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-86

  Lindeboom, Jerome A H ^a   Kuijper, Caroline F ^b   Van Furth, Marceline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inguinal lymphadenitis; Mycobacterium haemophilum; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; RIFABUTIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISCOLORATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 33846005521     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000247134.58134.7d     Document Type: Article

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