Cervical abscess and mediastinal adenopathy: An unusual presentation of childhood histoplasmosis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 862-864

  McGraw, Elizabeth P ^a   Kane, Jason M ^b   Kleiman, Martin B ^b   Scherer, L R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abcess; Child; Histoplasmosis; Lymphadenopathy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ITRACONAZOLE; NAFCILLIN;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NECK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSCESS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036946963     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-002-0808-2     Document Type: Article

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