Mycobacterium interjectum as causative agent of cervical lymphadenitis

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作者
De Baere, T
Moerman, M
Rigouts, L
Dhooge, C
Vermeersch, H
Verschraegen, G
Vaneechoutte, M
机构
[1] State Univ Ghent Hosp, Lab Bacteriol & Virol, Dept Microbiol, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
[2] State Univ Ghent Hosp, Dept Head & Neck Surg, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
[3] State Univ Ghent Hosp, Dept Pediat Hematol Oncol, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
[4] Inst Trop Med, Dept Microbiol, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
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10.1128/JCM.39.2.725-727.2001
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
A mycobacterial strain isolated from a lymph node of a 3-year-old female with cervical lymphadenitis was identified as Mycobacterium interjectum by means of sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. Analysis of this case and previously published cases demonstrates the importance of M. interjectum as a causative agent of cervical lymphadenitis in young children.
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