%0 Journal Article %A Yamauchi, T. %A Ferrieri, Patricia %A Anthony, B. F. %T THE AETIOLOGY OF ACUTE CERVICAL ADENITIS IN CHILDREN: SEROLOGICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDIES %D 1980 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 13 %N 1 %P 37-43 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-13-1-37 %I Microbiology Society, %X SUMMARY Acute cervical adenitis was investigated in 26 children over a 33-month period. Lymph nodes were aspirated and cultured to yield Staphylococcusaureus or group-A streptococci or both from 22 (84.6%) of the aspirates. Mycobacterium kansasii was isolated from one child. By combined culture and serial serological tests (antistreptolysin-0, antiDNAase B, and anti-NADase), 50% of the cases were found to be associated with streptococcal infection. In a few children, S. aureus was the only organism recovered, and appeared to be the aetiological agent. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-13-1-37