Life-Threatening Infections of the Peripharyngeal and Deep Fascial Spaces of the Head and Neck

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 557-576

  Reynolds, Steven C ^a   Chow, Anthony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FASCIA DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; LARYNX EDEMA; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; REVIEW; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

FASCIA; HEAD; HUMANS; INFECTION; NECK; PHARYNX;

EID: 34250005995     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.03.002     Document Type: Review

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