Pott's puffy tumor due to Haemophilus influenzae: Case report and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1305-1307

  Verbon, Annelies ^a,b   Husni, Rola N ^a   Gordon, Steven M ^a   Lavertu, Pierre ^a   Keys, Thomas F ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Mailstop S 32 ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFPROZIL; CEFTRIAXONE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; ETHMOID SINUS; FRONTAL BONE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0030445850     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.6.1305     Document Type: Article

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