title: Rhodococcus infection of the skin with lymphadenitis in a nonimmunocompromised girl.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Natyshak
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Ewan
mesh_terms: 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*