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  Česky / Czech version Čes.-slov. Pediat., 57, 2002, No. 9, p. 512-514.
 
Cervical Lymphadenitis Caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum Diagnosed in an Immunocompetent Child 
Kaustová J.1, Boženský J2, Svobodová J2, Wendrinská J 3, 

Oddělení pro diagnostiku mykobakterií, Krajská hygienická stanice, Ostrava, vedoucí MUDr. J. Kaustová Dětské oddělení Vítkovické nemocnice blahoslavené Marie Antoníny, Ostrava,2 primář MUDr. J. Boženský Dětská tuberkulózní léčebna při Odborném léčebném ústavu tuberkulózy a respiračních nemocí, Jablunkov,3 primářka MUDr. J. Wendrinská Mykobakterienlabor, Institut fiir Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universitát Regensburg, SRN,4 vedoucí MUDr. L. Naumann
 


Summary:

       The authors describe the course of disease and treatment of cervical lymphadenitis Caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum in an immunocompetent 12-year-old boy. The affected cervical node was surgically removed, the child was treated for 3 months with a combination of four antituberculotics (rifampicin + etambutol + isoniazid + pyrazinamide) and then for 9 months by a combination of 2 drugs (rifampicin + isoniazid). 5ix months after termination of treatment the boy is free from complaints and local or general manifestations of a relapse of the disease. This is the first diagnosed tase of disease Caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum in the Czech Republic.

        Key words: Mycobacterium haemophilum, cervical lymphadenitis, course of the disease, treatment
       

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