The sonographic characteristics of nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1063-1067

  Lindeboom, Jerome A ^a,b   Smets, Anne M J B ^a   Kuijper, Ed J ^c   van Rijn, Rick R ^a   Prins, Jan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic cervical lymphadenitis; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; RIFABUTIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISCOLORATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NECK; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 33748606616     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0271-6     Document Type: Article

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