Necrotizing fasciitis of the face and orbit following complications with a tooth abscess

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 85-87

  Clement, Colin I ^a   Hassall, Megan E ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FACE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; ORBIT; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; TOOTH ABSCESS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; WOUND DRESSING;

ABSCESS; AGED; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORBITAL DISEASES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 1342301573     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-1433.2003.02902.x     Document Type: Article

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