Severe orbital cellulitis: Therapeutical results in 9 patients and a review of the literature;CELULITIS ORBITARIAS GRAVES: RESULTADOS TERAPEUTICOS EN 9 PACIENTES Y REVISION DE LA LITERATURA

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 250-254

  Asensi, Víctor ^a,b   Carton, José Antonio ^a   Maradona, José Antonio ^a   Arribas, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Hospital Nuestra Senora de Covadonga   (Spain)

Author keywords

imipenem; severe orbital cellulitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PREVOTELLA; SINUSITIS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; AGED; CELLULITIS; DRUG COMBINATION; HEAD INJURY; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; CELLULITIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DRAINAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030113448     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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