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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Suggested approach to axillary adenopathy in children CBC: complete blood count; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; PPD: purified protein derivative test for tuberculosis. * Empiric antibiotic therapy should include coverage for common pathogens such as group A streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus (eg, clindamycin in areas with a high prevalence of community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (CA-MRSA) or a first-generation cephalosporin (eg, cephalexin) or amoxicillin-clavulanate in areas with a low prevalence of CA-MRSA). Based on information from: Soldes OS, Younger JG, Hirschl RB. Predictors of malignancy in childhood peripheral lymphadenopathy. J Pediatr Surg 1999; 34:1447. Slap GB, Brooks JS, Schwartz JS. When to perform biopsies of enlarged peripheral lymph nodes in young patients. JAMA 1984; 252:1321.