Mediastinal lymphadenopathy caused by Mycobacterium avium- intracellulare complex in a child with normal immunity: Successful treatment with anti-mycobacterial drugs and laser bronchoscopy

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-291

  Piedimonte, Giovanni ^a,b   Wolford, Eric T ^a   Fordham, Lynn A ^a   Leigh, Margaret W ^a   Wood, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway compression; Laser bronchoscopy; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE CULTURE;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BRONCHOSCOPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION;

EID: 0030817410     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199710)24:4<287::AID-PPUL8>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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