Nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis in children.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical and epidemiologic features, management and outcome associated with the development of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) superficial lymphadenitis in children.


METHODS
The medical records of all children 0 to 14 years of age with NTM superficial lymphadenitis who were diagnosed at P. and A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital between January, 1982, and December, 1997, were reviewed.


RESULTS
Forty-seven children were identified, 76.5% during the second half of the study period. Mycobacterium avium complex was the predominant isolate. Children with NTM lymphadenitis noted satisfactory aesthetic results when total excision was performed within 1 month after its onset.


CONCLUSIONS
NTM superficial lymphadenitis in children has been increasingly recognized during the last decade. Prompt total excision of the involved lymph node is required in such patients.
Maltezou
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University of Athens Second Department of Pediatrics, P. and A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Greece.
Spyridis
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Kafetzis
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies