Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: a case report and the evaluation of diagnostic procedures

BMC Oral Health

Table 1 A comparison with some cases reported in the literature

Year /country	Sex	Age	Ethnic	Symptom	Treatment
This case/China	F	23	China	Fever, Swelling	Antibiotics/ inpatient stay
2006/Turkey [9]	F	28	Turkey	Fever, Swelling, Weight loss	Ampicillin and prednisone
2008/UK [10]	M	55	N/S^a	Fever, Weight loss, Anorexia	2 weeks’ inpatient stay
2013/Bangladesh [11]	F	17	N/S^a	Fever, Swelling, Weight loss, Anorexia	Symptomatic treatment
2017/ Senegal [12]	F	33	Senegal	Fever, Swelling	Corticosteroid therapy
2018/USA [13]	F	19	Chinese	Fever, Sore Throat, Night Sweats	IV. ampicillin/sulbactam

^aThe ethnicity is not stated (N/S) explicitly, but can be considered implicitly as the locals

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