Descending necrotizing mediastinitis secondary to retropharyngeal abscess without cervical spread

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-27

  Endo, Shunsuke ^a   Tsubochi, Hiroyoshi ^a   Nakano, Tomoyuki ^a   Sohara, Yasunori ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Descending mediastinitis; Reteropharyngeal abscess; Thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRAINAGE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40649107218     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-007-0182-y     Document Type: Article

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