Necrotising fasciitis of the submandibular region; a complication of odontogenic origin

British Dental Journal

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 607-609

  Farrier, J N ^a   Kittur, M A ^a   Sugar, A W ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 34249808819     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.425     Document Type: Article

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