Epiglottitis and necrotizing fasciitis: A life-threatening complication of infectious mononucleosis

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1130-1133

  Caballero, Miguel ^a   Sabater, Francisco ^a   Traserra, Jose ^a   Alòs, Llucia ^a   Bernal Sprekelsen, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epiglottitis; Epstein Barr virus; Infectious mononucleosis; Mediastinitis; Necrotizing fasciitis

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDIASTINUM; MONONUCLEOSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; VEILLONELLA;

CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; EPIGLOTTITIS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; VEILLONELLA; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 27144502063     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510027475     Document Type: Article

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