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...

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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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2014-01-01
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