Streptococcus constellatus Lymphadenitis in Chronic Granulomatous Disease
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Granulomatous lymphadenitis.
In this review, representative types of granulomatous lymphadenitis (GLA) are described. GLA can be classified as noninfectious GLA and infectious GLA. Noninfectious GLA includes sarcoidosis and sarcoid-like reaction. The cause of sarcoidosis remains unknown, but it has good prognosis. Sarcoid-like reaction, which is considered to be a biological defense mechanism, is observed in regional lymph...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Immunology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0271-9142,1573-2592
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-012-9818-5