Nasopharyngeal actinomycosis: A rare cause of nasal airway obstruction

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1403-1405

  Daamen, Nicole ^a   Johnson, Jonas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal actinomycosis

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX ACTINOMYCOSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SNORING;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASOPHARYNGEAL DISEASES;

EID: 3843150599     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200408000-00016     Document Type: Article

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