A young man with sore throat and septicemia;Ein junger Mann mit Halsschmerzen und Sepsis

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 127, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 861-863

  Egger, M ^a,b   Ochsenbein, A ^a   Gerber, A U ^a  

^a Burgerspital Solothurn   (Switzerland)

^b Medizinische Abteilung   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNGITIS; SEPTICEMIA; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CLINDAMYCIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; SEPSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030922447     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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