Nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 968-970

  Maltezou, Helen C ^a   Spyridis, Panagiotis ^a   Kafetzis, Dimitris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Lymphadenitis; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033228725     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199911000-00006     Document Type: Article

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