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Case Reports
. 2001 Mar-Apr;18(2):131-4.
doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2001.018002131.x.

Primary cutaneous Mycobacterium kansasii infection in a child

A Chaves  1 , A Torrelo, I G Mediero, M Menéndez-Rivas, A Ortega-Calderón, A Zambrano
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Primary cutaneous Mycobacterium kansasii infection in a child

A Chaves et al. Pediatr Dermatol. 2001 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

A 6-year-old girl with a primary cutaneous form of Mycobacterium kansasii infection is presented. Disseminated infection and immune deficiency were excluded in our patient. She was successfully treated with surgical excision and oral erythromycin. Primary cutaneous M. kansasii is an exceedingly rare infection in children.

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