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tuberculous adenitis, scrofula, tuberculous infection, the skin, the neck, most often, mycobacteria, mycobacteriumtuberculosis, in adults, in children, mycobacterium scrofulaceum, mycobacterium avium, infection, mycobacteria, inhaling air contaminated by these organisms, bacteria spread throughout the body, rubbery enlargement, the lymph nodes, in the neck, cervical lymph nodes, elsewhere, not treated, lymph nodes, become ulcerated, producing draining sores, painless swelling of cervical, neck, lymph nodes, ulceration is rare today, lymph nodes enlarged elsewhere, fevers, chills, sweats, weight loss, occur in 20% of individuals, histology, examination under a microscope, granulomas, special stains, afb, the material, positive, mycobacteriumtuberculosis, mycobacteria, cultured from lymph node specimens, tb tine, ppd tests, positive, chest x-rays, abnormal, due to old tuberculosis infection, simultaneous pulmonary tuberculosis, infection, mycobacteriumtuberculosis, treatment, 9 to 12 months of antibiotics, several antibiotics need to be used at once, to avoid the bacterium becoming antibiotic-resistant, common antibiotics, scrofula, inh, rifampin, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, infection, mycobacteria other than mycobacterium tuberculosis, seen in children, therapy, involves antibiotics, rifampin, ethambutol, clarithromycin, surgery is seldom necessary, reserved, cases where medical therapy is only partially effective, recovery, complete, scarring, formation of a draining fistula, in the neck, after biopsy, child has a swelling, group of swellings, in the neck, scrofula, occur in children, exposure to someone, tuberculosis, prevention of tuberculosis, identification of individuals, inactive, latent infection, a ppd, tine test, individuals, been exposed to someone, tuberculosis, the lungs should have such a skin test performed, many occupations, nursing, medicine, require practitioners to get regular skin tests, individuals who immigrate, united states from areas, the world where tuberculosis is common, screened, such skin tests.