Peripheral tuberculous lymphadenitis: Epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome

Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 350-362

  Polesky, Andrea ^a,b   Grove, William ^a   Bhatia, Gulshan ^a,b  

^a Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System   (United States)

^b Santa Clara County Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLAVICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECK; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 27944495656     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.md.0000189090.52626.7a     Document Type: Article

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