First case of an oculofacial lesion due to Mycobacterium haemophilum infection in an immunocompetent child

Jerome A H Lindeboom; Ed J Kuijper; Elisabeth S Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet; Jan M Prins

doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.07.018

First case of an oculofacial lesion due to Mycobacterium haemophilum infection in an immunocompetent child

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2006 Jun;101(6):774-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.07.018. Epub 2006 Feb 28.

Authors

Jerome A H Lindeboom¹, Ed J Kuijper, Elisabeth S Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet, Jan M Prins

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.a.lindeboom@amc.uva.nl

PMID: 16731399
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.07.018

Abstract

Oculofacial lesions caused by infections with nontuberculous mycobacterial organisms are unusual, but infections with Mycobacterium haemophilum species in immunocompetent patients have not yet been described. We present a case of an oculofacial lesion in a girl as a result of a Mycobacterium haemophilum infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Child, Preschool
Clarithromycin / therapeutic use
Facial Dermatoses / microbiology
Female
Humans
Immunocompetence
Lymph Node Excision
Lymphadenitis / drug therapy
Lymphadenitis / microbiology*
Mycobacterium Infections / drug therapy
Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology*
Mycobacterium haemophilum / pathogenicity*
Neck
Rifabutin / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Rifabutin
Clarithromycin