title: [Infectious cervical adenopathy].
abstract: Cervical adenopathy is often found on examination, but rarely causes clinical problems. If the adenopathy persists for a longer period then three to four weeks and no infectious causes are found, further investigations are needed, especially to exclude a malignancy. The chronic infectious adenopathies are discussed: mycobacterial (tuberculous and atypical), toxoplasmosis, cat-scratch disease and actinomycosis.
authors.affiliation: Policlinique médicale universitaire, Hôpital de l'Ile, Berne.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: von Overbeck
mesh_terms: D000197:Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial / Q000175:diagnosis; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis; D009333:Neck; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Adénopathie cervicale infectieuse.