Splenectomy in a child with chronic Mycobacterium avium complex infection and splenic sequestration

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 761-763

  Kaufman, Howard L ^a   Roden, Matthew ^b   Nathanson, Daniel ^b   Basso, Teresa M ^b   Schwartzentruber, Douglas J ^b   Holland, Steven M ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Interferon gamma; Mycobacteria; Neutropenia; Splenectomy; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON; RIFABUTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031947486     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(98)90212-3     Document Type: Article

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