Microbiology and management of deep facial infections and Lemierre syndrome

ORL

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-120

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactamase; Abscess; Anaerobes; Lemierre syndrome; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTEROIDES; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; DEEP FACIAL INFECTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM GONIDIAFORUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; FUSOBACTERIUM VARIUM; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MASTICATION; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOOTH INFECTION;

FACE; FOCAL INFECTION; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037969991     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070776     Document Type: Review

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