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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

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First case of Mycobacterium heckeshornense lymphadenitis.

McBride Stephen J SJ   Taylor Susan L SL   Pandey Sushil K SK   Holland David J DJ  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20081119 1


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. ...[more]

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