Catastrophic caudad spread of a peritonsillar abscess: A case report

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1956-1958

  Manecke Jr , Gerard R ^a   Marghoob, Saad ^b   Finzel, Kathleen C ^b   Madoff, David C ^b   Quijano, Irene H ^b   Poppers, Paul J ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Empyema; Mediastinitis; Pericarditis; Retropharyngeal abscess

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0344671554     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199912000-00053     Document Type: Article

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