Infections of the fascial spaces of the head and neck in children

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-69

  Yellon, R F ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FASCIA; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0031948649     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1045-1870(98)80053-8     Document Type: Article

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