Acute, subacute, and chronic cervical lymphadenitis in children

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-106

  Gosche, John R ^a   Vick, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute bacterial lymphadenitis; Acute viral lymphadenitis; Cat scratch disease; Cervical lymphadenitis; Mycobacterial lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOLINIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PYRIMETHAMINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE; SULFONAMIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENITIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITOSIS; PFAPA SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSAI DORFMAN DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTIOCYTOSIS, SINUS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 33645733340     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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