A swollen neck

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9348, 2002, Pages 1838-

  Woywodt, Alexander ^a   Merkel, Saskia ^a   Buth, Werner ^a   Haller, Hermann ^a   Schwarz, Anke ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SEPTIC SHOCK; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037038872     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11773-9     Document Type: Article

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