title: Treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis with clarithromycin plus rifabutin.
abstract: Treatment with clarithromycin plus rifabutin in children with nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis was associated with resolution of chronic sinus formation and discharge after incomplete excision in five of five cases, and involution of the enlarged lymph nodes in two of three cases treated without surgery.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Pfyffer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nadal
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011446:Prospective Studies; D017828:Rifabutin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D014075:Tooth Discoloration / Q000139:chemically induced; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D017828:Rifabutin; D017291:Clarithromycin