Ludwig's angina: Improved treatment

Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1997, Pages S172-S175

  Busch, Richard F ^a,b   Shah, Darshan ^a  

^a Tripler Army Medical Center Department of Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; SULBACTAM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUDWIG ANGINA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUDWIG'S ANGINA; MALE;

EID: 0031464825     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(97)70093-7     Document Type: Article

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