Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: The importance of early diagnosis;La mediastinite descendante necrosante: Un diagnostic a ne pas meconnaitre

Presse Medicale

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 471-473

  Moulaire, V ^a   Jaffuel, D ^a   Landreau, L ^a   Tarodo, P ^a   Jonquet, O ^a  

^a GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FISTULA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FATALITY; HEART TAMPONADE; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PERICARDITIS; PHARYNX DISEASE; PLEURA; PLEURA DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FATAL OUTCOME; FISTULA; FOCAL INFECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NECROSIS; PERICARDITIS; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032515864     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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