Supraglottic airway infections

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 741-758

  Millan, S B ^a   Cumming, W A ^a  

^a Alachua General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EPIGLOTTITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; REVIEW; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0030455654     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4543(05)70360-2     Document Type: Article

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