Osteomyelitis of the frontal bone (Pott's puffy tumor). Presentation of 5 cases;Osteomielitis del hueso frontal (tumor blando de Pott). Presentacion de cinco pacientes

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 489-492

  Ibarra, Sofía ^a   Aguirrebengoa, Koldo ^a   Pomposo, Iñigo ^a   Bereciartúa, Elena ^a   Montejo, Miguel ^a   González De Zárate, Pedro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frontal sinusitis; Osteomyelitis of the frontal bone; Pott's puffy tumor

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FEVER; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033391587     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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