Management of nontuberculous mycobacteria-induced cervical lymphadenitis with observation alone

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 920-922

  Zeharia, Avraham ^a   Eidlitz Markus, Tal ^a   Haimi Cohen, Yishai ^a   Samra, Zmira ^b   Kaufman, Lea ^b   Amir, Jacob ^a,c  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lymphadenitis; Mycobacterium avium complex; Mycobacterium haemophilum; Observational management

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPH NODE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NECK; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; NECK;

EID: 54049098513     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181734fa3     Document Type: Article

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