Medical and surgical treatment of peritonsillar, retropharyngeal, and parapharyngeal abscesses

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-202

  Herzon, Fred S ^a   Martin, Angela D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FASCIA DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; NEEDLE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TOOTH INFECTION;

EID: 33646796751     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-006-0059-8     Document Type: Article

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