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.
Département de Pédiatrie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, 5530 Yvoir, Belgique. david.tuerlinckx@pedi.ucl.ac.be
David
D
Tuerlinckx
Eddy
E
Bodart
Dominique
D
Beckers
Youri
Y
Glupczynski
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