First case of Mycobacterium heckeshornense lymphadenitis.

ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium heckeshornense is a slow-growing nontuberculous mycobacterium first characterized in 2000. It is reported to cause lung disease and tenosynovitis. We report a case of isolated massive axillary lymphadenopathy in an elderly woman, where histology showed necrotizing granulomata and M. heckeshornense was isolated as the causative organism.

SUBMITTER: McBride SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2620861 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature