Parapharyngeal abscess: Diagnosis, complications and management in adults

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 262, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-350

  Alaani, A ^a   Griffiths, H ^a   Minhas, S S ^a   Olliff, J ^a   Drake Lee, A B ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mediastinitis; Parapharyngeal abscess; Peritonsillar abscess; Quinsy; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS;

EID: 18744401344     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-004-0800-6     Document Type: Article

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