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Superficial tuberculous lymphadenitis in Merseyside: 1969–1984

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

E. G. L. Wilkins  and
C. Roberts
E. G. L. Wilkins
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Fazakerely Hospital, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL
C. Roberts
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Fazakerely Hospital, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL
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The actiology, epidemiology and clinical presentation of 137 bacteriologically confirmed cases of superficial mycobacterial lymphadenitis identified at the Liverpool Public Health Laboratory between 1969 and 1984 were reviewed. Despite a fall in pulmonary and total extrapulmonary isolates, the annual recovery of mycobacteria from lymph nodes remained relatively constant. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the cause of infection in 121 patients (88·3%), M. bovis in 6 and the remaining 10 isolates were atypical mycobacteria. In European patients (68·6%) the highest incidence was in the elderly, whereas in non-Europeans (31·4%) the disease almost exclusively occurred in the third and fourth decades. The proportion of isolates from non-Europeans reflected the size of the immigrant population and increased during the period of study.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , August 1985 , pp. 115 - 122
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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