Cervical necrotizing fasciitis with facial nerve paralysis

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 573-575

  Al Ammar, Ahmed ^a,b   Mir, Suhail Maqbool ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Facial Paralysis; Fasciitis; Klebsiella Infections; Neck; Necrotizing

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NECK DISSECTION; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

FACIAL PARALYSIS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4043087759     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215041615119     Document Type: Article

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