Retropharyngeal abscess management in children: Current practices

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 398-405

  Lalakea, M L ^a   Messner, A H ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS;

EID: 0032845655     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(99)70228-7     Document Type: Article

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