Fatal descending necrotising mediastinitis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 122-123

  Bulut, M ^a   Balci, V ^a   Akkose S ^a   Armagan E ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DESCENDING NECROTISING MEDIASTINITIS; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; MEDIASTINITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURISY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN; THROAT DISEASE; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BICUSPID; EMERGENCIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; NECROSIS; PERIODONTAL ABSCESS;

EID: 0842286463     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.002865     Document Type: Article

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