RHODOCOCCUS INFECTION OF THE SKIN WITH LYMPHADENITIS IN A NONIMMUNOCOMPROMISED GIRL

被引:19
作者
MARTIN, T
HOGAN, DJ
MURPHY, F
NATYSHAK, I
EWAN, EP
机构
[1] UNIV SASKATCHEWAN,DEPT MED,SASKATOON S7N 0W0,SASKATCHEWAN,CANADA
[2] UNIV SASKATCHEWAN,DEPT PATHOL,SASKATOON S7N 0W0,SASKATCHEWAN,CANADA
[3] UNIV SASKATCHEWAN HOSP,DEPT CLIN MICROBIOL,SASKATOON S7N 0W8,SASKATCHEWAN,CANADA
[4] LAB CTR DIS CONTROL,SPECIAL BACTERIOL SECT,OTTAWA K1A 0L2,ONTARIO,CANADA
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0190-9622(91)70044-3
中图分类号
R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];
学科分类号
100206 ;
摘要
A 7-year-old girl had a 4 x 3 x 3 cm nodule on the left wrist with axillary lymphadenopathy. Acid-fast bacilli were seen on a smear from a biopsy specimen of this granulomatous skin lesion. A Rhodococcus species grew on culture. Skin infections caused by Rhodocuccus may be more common than the few prior case reports suggest.
引用
收藏
页码:328 / 332
页数:5
相关论文
共 16 条
[1]   SEPTIC ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOMYELITIS CAUSED BY AN ORGANISM OF THE GENUS RHODOCOCCUS [J].
BROUGHTON, RA ;
WILSON, HD ;
GOODMAN, NL ;
HEDRICK, JA .
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1981, 13 (01) :209-213
[2]   PRIMARY GRANULOMATOUS DERMATITIS CAUSED BY RHODOCHROUS - EVIDENCE FOR A PATHOGENIC ROLE IN HUMANS [J].
CHANDA, JJ ;
HEADINGTON, JT .
ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY, 1983, 119 (12) :994-997
[3]   TSUKAMURELLA GEN-NOV HARBORING CORYNEBACTERIUM-PAUROMETABOLUM AND RHODOCOCCUS-AURANTIACUS [J].
COLLINS, MD ;
SMIDA, J ;
DORSCH, M ;
STACKEBRANDT, E .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY, 1988, 38 (04) :385-391
[4]   RECURRENT SKIN INFECTION WITH RHODOCOCCUS IN AN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENT [J].
ELLISPEGLER, RB ;
PARR, DH ;
ORCHARD, VA .
JOURNAL OF INFECTION, 1983, 6 (01) :39-41
[5]   MYCOBACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION BY AN UNIDENTIFIED SPECIES - REPORT OF 29 PATIENTS [J].
FELDMAN, RA ;
HERSHFIELD, E .
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 1974, 80 (04) :445-452
[6]  
GOODFELLOW M, 1977, J GEN MICROBIOL, V100, P99, DOI 10.1099/00221287-100-1-99
[7]   SOME STRAINS IN SEARCH OF A GENUS-CORYNEBACTERIUM MYCOBACTERIUM NOCARDIA OR WHAT [J].
GORDON, RE .
JOURNAL OF GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1966, 43 (03) :329-&
[8]   INFECTIONS CAUSED BY RHODOCHROUS [J].
HABURCHAK, DR ;
JEFFERY, B ;
HIGBEE, JW ;
EVERETT, ED .
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 1978, 65 (02) :298-302
[9]  
Kent PT, 1985, PUBLIC HLTH MYCOBACT
[10]  
MULLER F, 1988, J CLIN MICROBIOL, V26, P618