Temporary intrathoracic adenopathy in children--a response to infection caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria?
Two children, 4 and 8 years old, were skin tested with sensitins and found to have indurations of 20 mm. Sensitins are tuberculins deriving from non-tuberculous mycobacteria. The children showed pathological enlargement of mediastinum on chest radiography. They were further examined, and no findings supported malignancy nor tuberculosis. The chest radiographs were normalizing within a few months. The large sensitin reactions together with the other findings indicate that the children had been infected with non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
Larsson
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Department of Heart and Lung Diseases, Göteborg University, Sweden.
Berg-Kelly
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D015359:Mycobacterium scrofulaceum; D011859:Radiography; D012882:Skin Tests