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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2009, p. 268-270, Vol. 47, No. 1
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00890-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

First Case of Mycobacterium heckeshornense Lymphadenitis {triangledown}

Stephen J. McBride,1* Susan L. Taylor,2 Sushil K. Pandey,3 and David J. Holland2

Department of Infectious Diseases, Auckland City Hospital,1 Departments of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Middlemore Hospital,2 Department of Microbiology, LabPlus, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand3

Received 8 May 2008/ Returned for modification 17 June 2008/ Accepted 13 November 2008

Mycobacterium heckeshornense is a slow-growing nontuberculous mycobacterium first characterized in 2000. It is reported to cause lung disease and tenosynovitis. We report a case of isolated massive axillary lymphadenopathy in an elderly woman, where histology showed necrotizing granulomata and M. heckeshornense was isolated as the causative organism.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Infectious Diseases, Auckland City Hospital, Private Bag 92024, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Phone: 64 9 3074949. Fax: 64 9 3074940. E-mail: smcbride{at}adhb.govt.nz

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 19 November 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2009, p. 268-270, Vol. 47, No. 1
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00890-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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