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. 2008 Sep;14(9):1437-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1409.070917.

Mycobacterium haemophilum and lymphadenitis in immunocompetent children, Israel

Yishai Haimi Cohen  1 , Jacob Amir, Shai Ashkenazi, Tal Eidlitz-Markus, Zmira Samra, Lea Kaufmann, Avraham Zeharia
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Mycobacterium haemophilum and lymphadenitis in immunocompetent children, Israel

Yishai Haimi Cohen et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Sep.

Abstract

The database of a major microbiology laboratory in Israel was searched to determine the prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis in immunocompetent children. We observed a 4-fold increase in nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates during 1985-2006, which was attributable mainly to increased detection of Mycobacterium haemophilum starting in 1996.

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Distribution of nontuberculous mycobacteria species (Mycobacterium avium complex [MAC], M. haemophilum, and others) isolated from craniocervical lymph nodes of immunocompetent children in Israel, 1985–2006.
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