Mediastinitis: A life-threatening complication of acute tonsillitis

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 743-745

  Bell, Zarina ^a,b   Menezes, A A C ^a   Primrose, W J ^a   McGuigan, J A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Clinical Sciences B   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mediastinitis; Retropharyngeal Abscess, Complications; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDIASTINITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TONSILLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24744462676     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215054797853     Document Type: Article

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