Rhodococcus infection of the skin with lymphadenitis in a nonimmunocompromised girl.
A 7-year-old girl had a 4 X 3 X 3 cm nodule on the left wrist with axillary lymphadenopathy. Acid-fast bacilli were seen on a smear from a biopsy specimen of this granulomatous skin lesion. A Rhodococcus species grew on culture. Skin infections caused by Rhodococcus may be more common than the few prior case reports suggest.
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Department of Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Hogan
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Murphy
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Natyshak
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Ewan
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D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012240:Rhodococcus; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*