An outcome audit of the treatment of acute dentoalveolar infection: Impact of penicillin resistance

British Dental Journal

Volumn 198, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 759-763

  Kuriyama, T ^a   Absi, E G ^a   Williams, D W ^b   Lewis, M A O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL AUDIT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS;

EID: 21344446808     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4812415     Document Type: Article

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