Cervicofacial Actinomycosis and Mandibular Osteomyelitis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 543-556

  Sharkawy, Abdu A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GALLIUM; IMIPENEM; INDIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TECHNETIUM; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; BONE BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACTINOMYCOSIS, CERVICOFACIAL; HUMANS; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 34249944171     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.03.007     Document Type: Review

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