First case of an oculofacial lesion due to Mycobacterium haemophilum infection in an immunocompetent child.
Oculofacial lesions caused by infections with nontuberculous mycobacterial organisms are unusual, but infections with Mycobacterium haemophilum species in immunocompetent patients have not yet been described. We present a case of an oculofacial lesion in a girl as a result of a Mycobacterium haemophilum infection.
Lindeboom
Jerome A H
JA
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.a.lindeboom@amc.uva.nl
Kuijper
Ed J
EJ
Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet
Elisabeth S
ES
Prins
Jan M
JM
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D018393:Mycobacterium haemophilum / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009333:Neck; D017828:Rifabutin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017828:Rifabutin; D017291:Clarithromycin