Deep neck infection with dental origin: Analysis of 85 consecutive cases (2000-2006)

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-206

  Marioni, Gino ^a   Rinaldi, Roberto ^b   Staffieri, Claudia ^a   Marchese Ragona, Rosario ^a   Saia, Giorgia ^a   Stramare, Roberto ^a   Bertolin, Andy ^a   Borgo, Roberto Dal ^a   Ragno, Fabrizio ^a   Staffieri, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Deep neck infection; Dental origin; Diagnosis; Surgical; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP NECK INFECTION; DENTAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; NECK; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 38349056787     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701387157     Document Type: Article

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