Lemierre's syndrome following mastoiditis

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 323-325

  Shetty, Avinash K ^a   Begue, Rodolfo E ^a   Coffman, Kathryn ^a   White Sims, Susanne T ^a   Steele, Russell W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria, gram negative; Embolism; Fusobacterium; Lemierre's syndrome; Mastoiditis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTAZIDIME ARGININE; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRIC; METRO; METRONIDAZOLE; TIMENTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031833954     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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