Abstract
Acute cervical adenitis was investigated in 26 children over a 33-month period. Lymph nodes were aspirated and cultured to, yield Staphylococcus aureus or group-A streptococci or both from 22 (84.6%) of the aspirates. Mycobacterium kansasii was isolated from one child. By combined culture and serial serological tests (antistreptolysin-O, anti-DNAase B, and anti-NADase), 50% of the cases were found to be associated with streptococcal infection. In a few children, S. aureus was the only organism recovered, and appeared to be the aetiological agent.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 37-43 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of medical microbiology |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1980 |
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