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Picture of the Month—Quiz Case
Chun-Yi Lu, MD;
Ping-Ing Lee, MD, PhD;
Luan-Yin Chang, MD, PhD;
Chung-Ming Chen, MD;
Li-Min Huang, MD, PhD
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(3):303.
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A previously healthy, 10-year-old girl presented with 10 days of low-grade fever and bilateral, multiple cervical lymphadenitis. The enlarged lymph nodes were discrete, mildly tender, and with normal overlying skin. Her fever and cervical lesions persisted despite treatment with ampicillin-sulbactam. A chest radiograph was normal. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine had been administered during the neonatal period. A tuberculin skin test with 2 U of tuberculin partial purified derivative (PPD) RT 23 SSI, 2 T.U./0.1 mL (Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark), was injected intradermally over the middle third of the right volar forearm. Erythematous induration over the tuberculin injection site appeared 24 hours postinoculation of tuberculin and peaked in size (25 x 22 mm) at 48 hours postinoculation. The induration became tender, and the erythema worsened. The evolution of the lesions is shown . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Author Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics (Drs Lu, Lee, Chang, and Huang) and Laboratory Medicine (Dr Chen), National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.
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