Pediatric retropharyngeal lymphadenitis: Differentiation from retropharyngeal abscess and treatment implications

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-188

  Shefelbine, Sarah E ^a   Mancuso, Anthony A ^b   Gajewski, Byron J ^c   Ojiri, Hiroya ^b   Stringer, Scott ^d   Sedwick, Jack D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846573431     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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