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Mycobacterium malmoense lymphadenitis in Spain: first two cases in immunocompetent patients

Authors: A. I. López-Calleja, M. A. Lezcano, S. Samper, F. de Juan, M. J. Revillo

Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases | Issue 7/2004

Abstract

Reported here are two cases of Mycobacterium malmoense lymphadenitis that occurred in two immunocompetent children in Spain. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first documented cases of extrapulmonary infection by M. malmoense in Spain. This report serves to draw attention to this emerging nontuberculous mycobacterium that is gaining increasing recognition as a pulmonary and extrapulmonary pathogen in different countries.

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Title: Mycobacterium malmoense lymphadenitis in Spain: first two cases in immunocompetent patients
Authors: A. I. López-Calleja
M. A. Lezcano
S. Samper
F. de Juan
M. J. Revillo
Publication date: 01-07-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 7/2004
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-004-1142-4

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