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MYCOBACTERIAL LYMPHADENITIS
Author(s) -
LLEWELYN D. M.,
DORMAN D.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1971.tb02206.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , isolation (microbiology) , mantoux test , lymph , dermatology , surgery , immunology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , tuberculin , biology
SYNOPSIS It is probable, though not as yet definitely proven by culture, that the great proportion of cases of mycobacterial lymphadenitis are now due to organisms other than M. tuberculosis. The double Mantoux test will differentiate the two infections. Isolation of these patients with those suffering from tuberculosis is probably unwise as infection with atypical myco‐bacteria confers little resistance to tuberculosis. Chemotherapy is not required and is of little value. Surgical excision of affected lymph nodes is the treatment of choice.