Needle aspiration as a diagnostic tool and therapeutic modality in suppurative lymphadenitis following Bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccination

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 788-791

  Sataynarayana, S ^a   Mathur, A D ^b   Verma, Y ^c   Pradhan, S ^c   Bhandari, M K ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MILITARY HOSPITAL   (India)

^c STNM Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; BCG VACCINE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; SUPPURATION;

EID: 0036598991     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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