Chronic cheek lesions: an unusual manifestation of nontuberculous mycobacterial cevicofacial infection.
The characteristics of nontuberculous mycobacteria cheek lesions in 7 children were reviewed. The lesions usually presented as nontender erythematous nodules and were associated with a positive purified protein derivate tuberculin skin test. Mycobacterium haemophilum was isolated in 4 cases (57%) and Mycobacterium avium complex in 3 (43%). Cytology and imaging were noncontributory. Resolution was prolonged.
Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel. yhaimi@bezeqint.net
Yishai
Y
Haimi-Cohen
Jacob
J
Amir
Tal
T
Eidlitz-Markus
David
D
Steier
Dan
D
Ben-Amitai
Avraham
A
Zeharia
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002610:Cheek; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D018393:Mycobacterium haemophilum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents