Diagnosis and treatment of cervicofacial actinomycosis

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-58

  Goldberg, Morton H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALORIDINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMENSALISM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXCISION; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MOUTH CAVITY; MYCOSIS; NEOPLASM; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037307963     PISSN: 10423699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-3699(02)00074-2     Document Type: Review

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