Investigation and management of adult periorbital and orbital cellulitis

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 545-547

  Robinson, A ^a,b   Beech, T ^a   McDermott, A L ^a   Sinha, A ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Cellulitis; Orbital Diseases; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE CARCINOMA; ORBIT CELLULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249042878     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106003434     Document Type: Article

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