Peritonsillar abscess

American Family Physician

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Galioto, Nicholas J ^a,b,c  

^a BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DYSPHAGIA; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MALAISE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OTALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVOTELLA; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SORE THROAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRISMUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549107040     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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