Concomitant Mycobacterium avium infection and Hodgkin's disease in a lymph node from an HIV-negative child.
We report a case of an immunocompetent child with simultaneously an infection with Mycobacterium avium and Hodgkin's disease in a cervical lymph node. A positive PCR result for M. avium on a biopsy of the lymph node directed the definitive diagnosis for both etiologies and avoided a possible dissemination of this infection after chemotherapy was started.
de Armas
Yaxsier
Y
Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí (IPK), Havana City, Cuba. Yaxsier@ipk.sld.cu
Capó
Virginia
V
González
Ida
I
Mederos
Lilian
L
Díaz
Raúl
R
de Waard
Jacobus H
JH
Rodríguez
Alberto
A
García
Yarmila
Y
Cabanas
Ricardo
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011878:Radiotherapy
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents
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