Acute necrotizing epiglottitis resulting in necrotizing fasciitis of the neck and chest

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 700-701

  Kraus, Mordechai ^a   Gatot, Albert ^a   Leiberman, Alberto ^a   Nash, Michael ^a   Fliss, Dan M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NECK; NECROSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATHOLOGY; THORAX;

ADULT; EPIGLOTTITIS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; NECK; NECROSIS; THORAX;

EID: 0035377252     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2001.115762     Document Type: Article

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