Acute epiglottitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in adults

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1240-1241

  Freeman, Lance ^a   Wolford, Robert ^a  

^a St Luke's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; INSULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METICILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIGLOTTITIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031954455     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598359     Document Type: Article

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