Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus neck infections resulting in a delayed abscess and a tracheo-oesophageal fistula

ORL

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-47

  Ahmad, Ijaz ^a   Lee, W C ^b  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; Neck abscess; Tracheo oesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FUSIDIC ACID; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NECK; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 0032904453     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027638     Document Type: Article

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