Our experience in the management of peritonsillar phlegmon and abscess in children;Conducta ante el flemon y el absceso periamigdalinos en la infancia desde nuestra experiencia

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-256

  García Callejo, F Javier ^a,c   Velert Vila, Ma D M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Peritonsillar abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; MACROLIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; PHLEGMON; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; CELLULITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFUROXIME; CELLULITIS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MALE; PENICILLINS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0032589828     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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