Lymphadenopathy caused by Mycobacterium colombiense.

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.

SUBMITTER: Esparcia O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2395067 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature