Primary cutaneous Mycobacterium kansasii infection in a child.
A 6-year-old girl with a primary cutaneous form of Mycobacterium kansasii infection is presented. Disseminated infection and immune deficiency were excluded in our patient. She was successfully treated with surgical excision and oral erythromycin. Primary cutaneous M. kansasii is an exceedingly rare infection in children.
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Department of Dermatology, Hospital del Niño Jesus, Madrid, Spain.
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Mediero
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Menéndez-Rivas
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Ortega-Calderón
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Zambrano
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D002648:Child; D004550:Elbow; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D019909:Mycobacterium kansasii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000473:pathology*