Management of atypical mycobacterial lymphadenitis in childhood: A review based on 380 cases
| Autor: | Urs B. Schaad, Theodore P. Votteler, George H. McCracken, John D. Nelson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Cure rate Definitive Therapy medicine.medical_treatment Antitubercular Agents Mycobacterium Infections Nontuberculous Disease Suction Lymphadenitis Incision and drainage medicine Humans Retrospective Studies Mycobacterium Infections Atypical mycobacterial lymphadenitis business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Retrospective cohort study Adenitis medicine.disease Surgery Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Drainage Female Surgical excision Rifampin business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Pediatrics. 95:356-360 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3476 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0022-3476(79)80506-5 |
| Popis: | The medical and surgical therapy of 82 cases of atypical mycobacterial adenitis from Dallas and 298 cases from the literature was reviewed. The 92% cure rate in 149 patients with total surgical excision alone was comparable to the 95% cure rate in 156 patients when excision was followed by antituberculous drug therapy. With incision and drainage in 63 patients the cure rate was 16% whether drugs were given or not. Ten patients were initially treated with antituberculous drugs alone and only one was cured. It is concluded that total surgical excision is definitive therapy for this disease and that antituberculous drugs should be used only when surgery cannot be performed or when complete excision is not possible. |
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