A young man with sore throat, acute abdomen and respiratory failure

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-168

  Isaac, Adil ^a   Baker, N ^a   Wood, M J ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PHARYNGITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0043131854     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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