The rare multidrug cervical tubercular lymphadenitis in an infant from Iran: A case report and literature review
Masoud Keikha, Fatemeh Askarizadeh, Mohammad Saeed Sasan, Hossein Joghatayee, Saman Soleimanpour
Clinical Case Reports · 2020-12
Abstract
Cervical-TB lymphadenitis is the most frequent extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis infection. There are limited documents (only five documents) on multidrug-resistant cervical tubercular lymphadenitis, but there is no evidence for MDR-cervical tuberculosis lymphadenitis in infants, which may occur in TB endemic regions.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Tuberculous lymphadenitis
- Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
- Multiple drug resistance
- Dermatology