Peritonsillar infections: Local experience

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 105-109

  Ong, Yew Kwang ^a,b   Goh, Y H ^a   Lee, Y L ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Peritonsillar cellulitis; Peritonsillar infections; Quinsy; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PERITONSILLAR INFECTION; RACE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGAPORE; TONSILLECTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3342916657     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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