Tonsillopharyngitis: Clinical highlights

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Tewfik, Ted L ^a,b   Al Garni, Mohamed ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abscess; Parapharyngeal; Peritonsilar; Pharyngitis; Retropharyngeal; Tonsillitis; Tonsilopharyngitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFPROZIL; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; STEROID;

ABSCESS; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; NAUSEA; PALATINE TONSIL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCARLET FEVER; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TONSILLOPHARYNGITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; ALGORITHM; CHILD; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; TONSIL;

ALGORITHMS; CELLULITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; SCARLET FEVER; TONSIL; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 33845252943     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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