Microbiologic Investigations for Head and Neck Infections

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-304

  Roscoe, Diane L ^a,b   Hoang, Linda ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLEPHARITIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CHORIORETINITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIGLOTTITIS; EXTERNAL OTITIS; GRAM STAINING; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KERATITIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; ORBIT CELLULITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SINUSITIS; STOMATITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE SECTION; TONSILLITIS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD; HUMANS; INFECTION; NECK;

EID: 34249942336     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.03.012     Document Type: Review

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