Deep Fascial Space Infection of the Neck: A Continuing Challenge

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 928-932

  Hamza, Nashaat S ^b   Farrel, John ^b   Strauss, Melvin ^b   Bonomo, Robert A ^a  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEEP FASCIAL SPACE INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FASCIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NECK; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; SOFT PALATE; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FASCIA; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0642305206     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000051203.76005.53     Document Type: Article

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