Pulmonary Mycobacterium scrofulaceum infection in a child

Pulmonary infections due to atypical mycobacteria are very rare in children, in whom they closely simulate infections associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The present case report presents a possible pulmonary infection due to Mycobacterium scrofulaceum (Runyon group II) in a 2-year-old girl....

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1972-01, Vol.49 (1), p.118-124
Main Authors: Cooper, A R, Martin, R S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biopsy
Bronchoscopy
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Ethionamide - therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Lung Diseases - microbiology
Lung Diseases - pathology
Mycobacterium - isolation & purification
Mycobacterium Infections - diagnosis
Mycobacterium Infections - drug therapy
Mycobacterium Infections - pathology
Rifampin - therapeutic use
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis
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Summary:Pulmonary infections due to atypical mycobacteria are very rare in children, in whom they closely simulate infections associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The present case report presents a possible pulmonary infection due to Mycobacterium scrofulaceum (Runyon group II) in a 2-year-old girl. The results of bacteriologic isolation of this organism have to be interpreted with caution, however, since the organism may exist in commensal form in man.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.49.1.118