Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection of the head and neck in immunocompetent children: CT and MR findings

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1829-1835

  Robson, Caroline D ^a   Hazra, Rohan ^a   Barnes, Patrick D ^a   Robertson, Richard L ^a   Jones, Dwight ^a   Husson, Robert N ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; ETHAMBUTOL; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISCOLORATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PAROTID DISEASES; PAROTID GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032742086     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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