Age-, Site-, and Time-Specific Differences in Pediatric Deep Neck Abscesses

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-207

  Coticchia, James M ^a   Getnick, Geoffrey S ^b   Yun, Romy D ^c   Arnold, James E ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETHARGY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK ABSCESS; NECK MUSCLE; OROPHARYNX; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; RIGIDITY; SALIVATION DISORDER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STRIDOR; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; THORAX; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRISMUS;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; NECK; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842343395     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.2.201     Document Type: Article

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