An adult case of purulent meningitis secondary to retropharyngeal and deep neck abscess after treatment of odontogenic infection

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 417-419

  Tokuoka, Kentaro ^a   Hamano, Hitoshi ^a   Ohta, Tami ^a   Tamura, Yoshiyuki ^a   Shinohara, Yukito ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep neck abscess; Gemella; Odontogenic infection; Purulent meningitis; Retropharyngeal abscess

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; GEMELLA; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; PERIODONTITIS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRISMUS;

ABSCESS; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NECK; PERIODONTITIS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS;

EID: 0030750949     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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