Cervico-Mediastinal Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Presenting as Prolonged Fever of Unknown Origin

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 682-685

  Bayindir, Yasar ^a   Sevinc, Alper ^b   Serefhanoglu, Kivanc ^a   But, Ayse ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Empirical treatment; Fever of unknown origin; Tubercolosis lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RECURRENT DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 2342438497     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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