Cervicofacial Lymphadenitis in Children Caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum
Open Access
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 41 (11) , 1569-1575
- https://doi.org/10.1086/497834
Abstract
Background. Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lymphadenitis in children is most often caused by Mycobacterium avium. In a prospective, multicenter trial of the optimal treatment, 23.7% of the NTM cervicofacial lymphadenitis cases in children were caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum. In this article, we describe the epidemiological and clinical features of M. haemophilum cervicofacial lymphadenitis.Keywords
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