How serious are oral infections?

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 561-565

  Baqain, Zaid H ^a,d   Newman, Laurence ^b   Hyde, Nicholas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Ludwig's Angina; Mediastinitis; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; METRONIDAZOLE; STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; FACE EDEMA; HUMAN; LUDWIG ANGINA; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH INFECTION; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; PULSE OXIMETRY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; THORAX DRAINAGE; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; LUDWIG'S ANGINA; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 4043119042     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215041615227     Document Type: Article

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