Esthetic outcome of surgical excision versus antibiotic therapy for nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1028-1030

  Lindeboom, Jerome A ^a,b   Lindeboom, Robert ^a   Bruijnesteijn Van Coppenraet, Elisabeth S ^c   Kuijper, Ed J ^c   Tuk, Jacco ^a,b   Prins, Jan M ^d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Center for Infection and Immunity (CINIMA)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aesthetic outcome; Cervicofacial lymphadenitis; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Scar assessment scale

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; RIFABUTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL CERVICOFACIAL LYMPHADENITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 70350523914     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181aa6411     Document Type: Article

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