| Title | ESTHETIC OUTCOME OF SURGICAL EXCISION VERSUS ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY FOR NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL CERVICOFACIAL LYMPHADENITIS IN CHILDREN. | | Author(s) | Lindeboom JA, Lindeboom R, Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet ES, Kuijper EJ, Tuk J, Prins JM | | Institution | From the *Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; daggerAcademic Center for Dentistry (ACTA), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; double daggerDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; section signDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; and paragraph signDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, and Center for Infection and Immunity (CINIMA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. | | Source | Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009 Sep 19. | | Abstract | One hundred children with microbiologically proven nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis were randomly assigned to excision of the involved lymph nodes, or antibiotic therapy consisting of clarithromycin and rifabutin. The esthetic outcome was rated using a revised and weighted Observer Scar Assessment Scale. The median weighted esthetic outcome in surgical patients was significantly better (30.6) than that for patients treated with antibiotics (42.2). | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19773678 |
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