What is it about?
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing mycobacterium found in soil and water throughout the world. It can cause diseases in immunocompetent patients, usually resulting in localized skin and soft tissue infections. Cervical lymphadenitis caused by M. fortuitum is rare.
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Why is it important?
We suggest that the search for an infectious agent, especially nontuberculous mycobacteria, is mandatory when dealing with lesions of vasculitis or Sweet’s syndrome in patients with chronic granulomatous lymphadenitis. Besides, our case has demonstrated a spectrum of cutaneous reactions to a mycobacterial infection
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This page is a summary of: Successive development of cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa, leucocytoclastic vasculitis and Sweet's syndrome in a patient with cervical lymphadenitis caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum, British Journal of Dermatology, November 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06201.x.
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