Orbital cellulitis: A review of 21 cases from Ibadan, Nigeria

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-16

  Bekibele, C O ^a   Onabanjo, O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NIGERIA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ORBITAL DISEASES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037269616     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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