Commentary: The natural history of nontuberculous mycobacterial cervical adenitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 923-924

  Starke, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenitis; Cervical; Mycobacteria; Nontuberculous

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EXCISION; HEALING; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; NOTE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; LYMPH NODE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NECK; NEEDLE BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NECK;

EID: 54049085467     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318187807c     Document Type: Note

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