Lymphadenitis, infectious

Treat according to etiology, after appropriate investigations.

Potential Pathogens

Generalized:

EBV
HIV
Syphilis
Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)
F. tularensis (Tularemia)
Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Brucella spp
B. henselae (Cat Scratch disease)
Mycobacterium spp
Histoplasma spp
Cryptococcus spp

Cervical:

Group A Streptococci
S. aureus
Anaerobes
Mycobacterium spp
B. henselae (Cat Scratch disease)
Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)
F. tularensis (Tularemia)
HIV
CMV
EBV
Mumps
Brucella spp

Axillary:

Group A Streptococci
S. aureus
B. henselae (Cat Scratch disease)
Sporothrix schenckii (Sporotrichosis)

Inguinal:

Group A Streptococci
S. aureus
B. henselae (Cat Scratch disease)
H. ducreyi (Chancroid)
Treponema pallidum (Syphilis)
Mycobacterium spp
Herpes simplex
Lymphogranuloma venereum (Chlamydia trachomatis LGV serovars)
HIV
Yersinia pestis (Plague)
F. tularensis (Tularemia)

Extremity:

Group A Streptococci
S. aureus
Mycobacterium spp
Sporothrix schenckii (Sporotrichosis)
Nocardia spp