Inguinal lymphadenitis caused by mycobacterium haemophilum in an immunocompetent child.
Infections caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum in immunocompetent patients are unusual. M. haemophilum have been associated with cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children, but inguinal infections have not yet been described. We present a case of an inguinal lymphadenitis caused by M. haemophilum in an immunocompetent girl.
Lindeboom
Jerome A H
JA
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam and the Academic Center for Dentistry (ACTA), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.a.lindeboom@amc.uva.nl
Kuijper
Caroline F
CF
van Furth
Marceline
M
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006119:Groin / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D018393:Mycobacterium haemophilum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*