Deep neck infection in elderly patients. A single institution experience (2000-2004)

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-132

  Marioni, Gino ^a,c   Castegnaro, Eugenio ^b   Staffieri, Claudia ^a   Rinaldi, Roberto ^a   Giacomelli, Luciano ^a   Boninsegna, Marco ^a   Bertolin, Andy ^a   Staffieri, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Deck neck infection; Dental origin; Elderly patients; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33744780456     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327427     Document Type: Article

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