Antibiotic therapy for head and neck abscesses in children in an emergency department;Antibiothérapie probabiliste aux urgences dans les abcès de la tête et du cou de l'enfant

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 495-497

  Haas, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TIMENTIN;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIGLOTTITIS; ETHMOID SINUSITIS; HUMANS; MASTOIDITIS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS;

EID: 45449092394     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(08)71809-8     Document Type: Article

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