Clinical characteristics and management of acute suppurative thyroiditis in children

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 468-471

  Chang, Pin ^a   Tsai, Wen Yu ^a   Lee, Ping Ing ^a   Hsiao, Pei Hung ^a   Huang, Li Min ^a   Lee, Jing Shang ^a   Peng, Shinn Forng ^a   Li, Yiu Wah ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute suppurative thyroiditis; Amoxicillin clavulanate; Pyriform sinus fistula

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BARIUM; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIOTHYRONINE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARIUM MEAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DRUG CHOICE; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TAIWAN; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROIDITIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; THYROIDITIS, SUPPURATIVE;

EID: 0036657099     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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