First case of Mycobacterium marseillense lymphadenitis in a child

BACKGROUND: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are pathogens that commonly affect the paediatric population and its most frequent manifestation is a cervicofacial lymphadenopathy. With the improvement of technologies, new species have been recently identified. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the first c...

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Autores principales: Azzali, A., Montagnani, C., Simonetti, M. T., Spinelli, G., de Martino, M., Galli, L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5635610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29017528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13052-017-0413-5
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are pathogens that commonly affect the paediatric population and its most frequent manifestation is a cervicofacial lymphadenopathy. With the improvement of technologies, new species have been recently identified. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the first case of NMT lymphadenitis in a child caused by Mycobacterium marseillense, a newly described species belonging to Mycobacterium avium complex. CONCLUSIONS: Improving the identification of these newly discovered mycobacteria, further information will be available about their clinical involvement and their best treatment.

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