Cervical Lymphadenitis due to Mycobacteria Other Than Tuberculosis – An Emerging Problem in Children?

ORL ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gernot Kuth ◽  
Jürgen Lamprecht ◽  
Gerhard Haase
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Lymphadenitis ◽  
Mycobacteria Other Than Tuberculosis

Submandibular Lymphadenitis in an Immunocompetent Female: Microbiological Confirmation is Need of the Hour

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lipika Singhal ◽  
Pooja Kumari ◽  
Menal Gupta ◽  
Kranti Garg ◽  
Jagdish Chander
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Female Patient ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Cervical Lymphadenitis ◽  
Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Healthy Female ◽  
Microbiological Examination ◽  
Rising Incidence ◽  
Microbiological Confirmation

: Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections have been drawing interest recently because of their rising incidence not only in immunocompromised but also in immunocompetent individuals. These are underdiagnosed in India, due to lack of awareness and a low index of suspicion. In regions endemic for tuberculosis (TB) such as India, presumptive anti-tubercular treatment (ATT) is often prescribed. Non-response of NTM to the treatment may be wrongly ascribed to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. This emphasizes the need to correctly identify them before initiating therapy. We describe the case of a young, healthy female patient who developed cervical lymphadenitis and was given presumptive ATT. Microbiological examination of aspirate revealed M. fortuitum. This not only rectified the course of treatment resulting in complete cure, but also spared the patient from significant side effects of ATT. This case is an awakening call for clinicians to avoid presumptive ATT.

111: Severe Cervical Lymphadenitis in Cat Scratch Disease

1996 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. P194-P194
Author(s):  
Kenneth S. Gerwin ◽  
John M. Gerwin
Keyword(s):  
Cat Scratch Disease ◽  
Cervical Lymphadenitis

scholarly journals Clinical study of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis.

1989 ◽  
Vol 82 (6) ◽  
pp. 871-878
Author(s):  
Meijin Nakayama ◽  
Kazuo Yao ◽  
Makito Okamoto ◽  
Hiroomi Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Study ◽  
Cervical Lymphadenitis

scholarly journals Cervical lymphadenitis: Etiology, diagnosis, and management

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander K. C. Leung ◽  
H. Dele Davies
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Lymphadenitis ◽  
Diagnosis And Management

Cervical Adenitis

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Margileth
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Lymphadenopathy ◽  
Staphylococcal Infection ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cervical Lymphadenitis ◽  
Neck Node ◽  
Cervical Lymph Nodes ◽  
Cervical Adenitis ◽  
Viral Illness ◽  
Infection And Inflammation ◽  
Reactive Hyperplasia

Children with acutely tender and inflamed cervical lymph nodes are observed commonly by family physicians and pediatricians. Cervical lymphadenitis is usually associated with a systemic viral illness and subsides within a few days to 2 weeks. Bacterial adenitis, seen less often, is usually due to (β-hemolytic streptococcal or to staphylococcal infection. However, when a neck node remains enlarged following a systemic illness or when a nontender regional cervical node (adenopathy) persists longer than 2 or 3 weeks with or without associated illness, the physician and parents become worried. Concern is enhanced if the nodes increase in size or number. Infection and inflammation are the most common causes for persistent chronic (3 or more weeks' duration) lymphadenopathy in children. Whereas neoplasm is rare (1.4%) in the child or adolescent less than 17 years of age with a superficial lump on any part of the body, maligancy (Hodgkin disease, lymphoma, neuroblastoma) was found in 31 (13%) of 239 enlarged cervical nodes in similar-aged children at the same institution. Congenital and acquired cysts, pilomatrixomas, and benign neoplasms (lipoma, neurofibroma, lymphangioma) account for the majority of noninflammatory lesions in the neck in children and adolescents. However, most cervical lymphadenopathy in children is due to adenitis or reactive hyperplasia in response to an infection.

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