Mycobacterium bohemicum--a cause of paediatric cervical lymphadenitis

Swiss Med Wkly. 2004 Apr 17;134(15-16):221-2. doi: 10.4414/smw.2004.10558.

Abstract

We report on two toddlers suffering from Mycobacterium bohemicum lymphadenitis. Acid-fast bacilli were cultured from submandibular lymph nodes and identified by molecular methods as Mycobacterium bohemicum. Surgical treatment was successful and complemented by oral treatment with clarithromycin and rifampicin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Clarithromycin / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / pathology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular
  • Clarithromycin
  • Rifampin