Septic pulmonary emboli due to periodontal disease

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1470-1474

  Mattar, Costy S ^a,b   Keith, Rob L ^a,b   Byrd Jr , Ryland P ^a,b   Roy, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Periodontal disease; Pulmonary nodules; Septic pulmonary emboli

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SEPSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745361739     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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