Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: Trends in a developing country

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-250

  Chaudhary, Neena ^a,b   Agrawal, Sanjay ^a   Rai, Anil K ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY; ABSCESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; INDIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TOOTH DISEASE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 24044517876     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130508400418     Document Type: Article

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