Necrotizing faciitis of the neck

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 638-

  Palacios, Enrique ^a   Rojas, Rafael ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOSITIS; NECK TUMOR; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TONSILLITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947648388     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130608501006     Document Type: Article

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