Mycobacterium kumamotonense in the cervical region in an immunocompetent patient, clinical case report in Mexico
Alejandro Hernández-Solís, Maribel Gonzalez‐Villa, José Ernesto Ramírez–González, Yesenia Colín-Muñoz, Raúl Cícero-Sabido
The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries · 2019-12
Abstract
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection has increased significantly in recent years, especially in emerging countries. We present the case of a 25-year-old male patient, immunocompetent, with cervical lymphadenopathy, identifying Mycobacterium kumamotonense, a rare species in extrapulmonary forms and with a high drug resistance index.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Cervical lymphadenopathy
- Mycobacterium
- Drug resistance
- Tuberculosis
- Dermatology
- Immunology