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Inguinal lymphadenitis caused by mycobacterium haemophilum in an immunocompetent child

  • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam and the Academic Center for Dentistry (ACTA), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected]

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Abstract

Infections caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum in immunocompetent patients are unusual. M. haemophilum have been associated with cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children, but inguinal infections have not yet been described. We present a case of an inguinal lymphadenitis caused by M. haemophilum in an immunocompetent girl.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)84-6
Number of pages3
JournalPediatric infectious disease journal
Volume26
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2007

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Groin/microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Mycobacterium Infections/complications
  • Mycobacterium haemophilum/isolation & purification
  • Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/immunology

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