Management of descending necrotizing mediastinitis

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 513-519

  Fu, Yuh Liang ^b   Fahn, Huei Ju ^b   Shi, Han Shei ^b   Wu, Yu Chung ^b   Huang, Ming Hsiung ^b   Wang, Liang Shun ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis; Empyema; Esophageal perforation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MOUTH FLORA; NECK INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TONSILLITIS; TRICHOSPORON;

ADULT; AGED; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031744244     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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