Intrathoracic lymphadenitis caused by Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an immunocompetent child.
By means of a DNA probe assay (INNO-LiPA) we identified 2 different mycobacterial strains (Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex) from a mediastinal lymph node biopsy obtained from an apparently immunocompetent 7.5-year-old girl, whereas culture grew only M. avium. Clinicians should be aware of the possible occurrence of mixed infection involving both nontuberculous mycobacteria and M. tuberculosis.
Tuerlinckx
David
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Département de Pédiatrie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, 5530 Yvoir, Belgique. david.tuerlinckx@pedi.ucl.ac.be
Bodart
Eddy
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Beckers
Dominique
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Glupczynski
Youri
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D002648:Child; D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial