Acute neck infections in children

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-158

  Cengiz, A Bülent ^a   Kara, Ateş ^a   Kanra, Güler ^a   Seçmeer, Gülten ^a   Ceyhan, Mehmet ^a   Özen, Metehan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ampicillin sulbactam; Children; Neck infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; ORNIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942512941     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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