Vol. 35 No. 6 (2018): Diciembre
Clinical Case

Mycobacterium scrofulaceum infection in a pediatric patient from the Galapagos Islands - Ecuador

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  • Raif Nasre-Nasser,
  • Greta Muñoz-López
Raif Nasre-Nasser
Hospital Pediátrico Baca Ortiz,
Greta Muñoz-López
1Hospital Pediátrico Baca Ortiz

Published 2018-12-30

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Nasre-Nasser R, Muñoz-López G. Mycobacterium scrofulaceum infection in a pediatric patient from the Galapagos Islands - Ecuador. Rev. Chilena. Infectol. [Internet]. 2018 Dec. 30 [cited 2025 Dec. 12];35(6). Available from: https://revinf.cl/index.php/revinf/article/view/329

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Abstract

Mycobacterium scrofulaceum is a slow-growing atypical mycobacteria with a reservoir in the environmen, and occasionally it causes disease in humans. The case of a 10-year-old patient with fever of four months of evolution is presented. Symptoms include bilateral adenopathies of neck, thorax, abdomen and inguinal region, rash, abdominal pain and vomiting; in addition, a positive serology for EBV and a culture of the left inguinal ganglia with growth of M. scrofulaceum were evidenced. Thus, this is the first report of human infection caused by the aforementioned mycobacterium in Ecuador, which it was particularly manifested with an unusual pattern of resistance.
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