title: Concomitant Mycobacterium avium infection and Hodgkin's disease in a lymph node from an HIV-negative child.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí (IPK), Havana City, Cuba. Yaxsier@ipk.sld.cu
authors.forename: Yaxsier
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: de Armas
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Capó
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Lilian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mederos
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: Jacobus H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: de Waard
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Yarmila
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cabanas
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents
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