Anaerobic bacteria in 118 patients with deep-space head and neck infections from the University Hospital of Maxillofacial Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1285-1289

  Boyanova, Lyudmila ^a,c   Kolarov, Rossen ^b   Gergova, Galina ^a   Deliverska, Elitsa ^b   Madjarov, Jivko ^b   Marinov, Milen ^b   Mitov, Ivan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^c NONE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCES; ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BULGARIA; CELLULITIS; CHILD; EUBACTERIUM; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BULGARIA; CELLULITIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NECK; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 33748541985     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46512-0     Document Type: Article

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