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Case Reports
. 2008 May;46(5):1885-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01441-07. Epub 2008 Feb 27.

Lymphadenopathy caused by Mycobacterium colombiense

Oscar Esparcia  1 , Ferran Navarro, Miquel Quer, Pere Coll
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Case Reports

Lymphadenopathy caused by Mycobacterium colombiense

Oscar Esparcia et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 May.

Abstract

We report the case of a 3-year-old girl with lymphadenopathy caused by the recently described species Mycobacterium colombiense. M. colombiense is a nonpigmented slow grower that is included in the Mycobacterium avium complex. Partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene was used for species identification.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Computerized tomography scan of the neck showing two masses on the right submaxillar gland (arrows).
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Photograph of adenopathy showing suppuration.
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