A child with soft-tissue infection and lymphadenitis

N.J. Froböse; K. Masjosthusmann; S. Huss; C.L. Correa-Martinez; A. Mellmann; F. Schuler; B.C. Kahl; H. Wittkowski; F. Schaumburg

New Microbes and New Infections (Nov 2020)

A child with soft-tissue infection and lymphadenitis

N.J. Froböse,
K. Masjosthusmann,
S. Huss,
C.L. Correa-Martinez,
A. Mellmann,
F. Schuler,
B.C. Kahl,
H. Wittkowski,
F. Schaumburg

Affiliations

N.J. Froböse: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany; Corresponding author: N.J. Froböse, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Domagkstrasse 10, 48149 Münster, Germany.
K. Masjosthusmann: General Paediatrics, University Children's Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
S. Huss: Gerhard-Domagk-Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
C.L. Correa-Martinez: Institute for Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
A. Mellmann: Institute for Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
F. Schuler: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
B.C. Kahl: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
H. Wittkowski: Department of Paediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University Children´s Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
F. Schaumburg: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 38
p. 100819

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We report a case of a soft-tissue infection with Francisella philomiragia, a rare opportunistic pathogen in individuals with chronic granulomatous disease.

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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