Mycobacterium fortuitum-related lymphadenitis associated with the varicella-zoster virus
Lymphadenitis caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria is an uncommon manifestation in immunocompetent individuals. Here, we report a case of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a previously healthy 9-year-old patient who developed cervical lymphadenitis evolving to a suppurative ulcer associated wit...
Main Authors: | Kleber Giovanni Luz, Maria Helena Marques Fonseca de Britto, Domitila Costa de Farias, Mayara Varaschim Almeida, Nastassja Morgana de Sousa Figueirêdo, Paula de Medeiros Nacácio e Silva |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2014-01-01
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822014000100119&lng=en&tlng=en |
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