Atypical mycobacterial infection of the head and neck in children: A 5-year retrospective review

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-314

  Fraser, Lyndsay ^a   Moore, Phillip ^a   Kubba, Haytham ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39649100857     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.11.032     Document Type: Article

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