Cervical Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in a Frequent Traveler to Endemic Areas of Tuberculosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-213

  Hayase, Yukiharu ^a   Tobita, Kiyotake ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Lymphadenopathy; Scrofula

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOLOGY; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RIFAMPIN; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 0031091461     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.211     Document Type: Article

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