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9114683

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
Atypical mycobacterial (AMB) infection is an important cause of lymph node enlargement in children. Over the period, January 1992 to December 1993, 17 patients with lymphadenitis because of AMB infection were treated at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow. These case notes of the patients were reviewed. The mean age at presentation was 5.37 years (range 1.5-10.6 years). The patients had a short history (1-11 weeks) of unilateral single focus, usually cervicofacial (16/17), disease. The tuberculin skin test was not helpful in diagnosis (negative in 14/15). Primary excision was curative (11/11). Incision and drainage of an abscess or drainage with partial excision led to chronically discharging sinus in all cases (6/6). AMB were not always seen on staining (11/17) of drained or excised material and cultures were negative in eight cases. The diagnosis in the remaining patients was made on the basis of clinical features and particular histopathological patterns. We are currently assessing the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques for making the diagnosis in non-cultured cases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0035-8835
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
110-1
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Atypical mycobacterial infection in childhood: a "surgical disease'.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatric Surgery and Pathology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article