title: Etiology of cervical lymphadenitis in children.
abstract: Thirty children under 17 years of age with cervical lymphadenopathy were evaluated. Lymphadenitis was attributed to Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci in 10 of the patients (33 percent), to Staphylococcus aureus in four and to infectious mononucleosis in four. Two patients had both infectious mononucleosis in Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci. One child was affected with Acinetobacter with calcoaceticus (mima) and another with mycobacteria. In eight children (27 percent), no etiologic agent could be found.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D009333:Neck; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins