title: Inguinal lymphadenitis caused by mycobacterium haemophilum in an immunocompetent child.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Jerome A H
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lindeboom
authors.forename: Caroline F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Kuijper
authors.forename: Marceline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Furth
mesh_terms: 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*