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Case Reports
. 1981 Sep 19;2(6):289-90.
doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb128321.x.

Mycobacterium haemophilum causing lymphadenitis in an otherwise healthy child

D J Dawson, Z M Blacklock, D W Kane
Case Reports

Mycobacterium haemophilum causing lymphadenitis in an otherwise healthy child

D J Dawson et al. Med J Aust. .

Abstract

Suppurating submandibular lymphadenitis in an otherwise healthy infant was caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum, A fastidious organism which requires media supplemented with ferric ammonium citrate or haemoglobin for its growth. It is recommended that material from superficial lesions and lymph nodes collected for mycobacteriological investigations be cultured on media known to support growth of M. haemophilum.

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