Mycobacterium chelonae infection of lymph nodes in an HIV-infected patient.
A case of a 28-year-old African HIV-1 positive patient is presented. After an abscess following an intragluteal injection in Africa the patient developed an enlargement of the inguinal lymph nodes. Mycobacterium chelonae was isolated from the enlarged lymph nodes.
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City Clinic of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases, Zurich, Switzerland.
Huszar
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Bon
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008219:Lymphogranuloma Venereum / Q000175:diagnosis; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae