Microbiology of mediastinitis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-336

  Brook, Itzhak ^a   Frazier, Edith H ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030026978     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.3.333     Document Type: Article

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