Multiple peritonsillar abscesses caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum in a young female;Multiple peritonsillarabszesse durch Arcanobacterium haemolyticum bei einer jungen frau

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 75-78

  Bomke, Anne Kathrin ^a,c   Steiner, S ^b   Podbielski, A ^a  

^a Inst für Med Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arcanobacterium haemolyticum; Peritonsillar abscess; Pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIPYRONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METHAQUALONE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARCANOBACTERIUM HAEMOLYTICUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DYSPHAGIA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATINE TONSILLITIS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; SORE THROAT; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRISMUS; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; ARCANOBACTERIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARCANOBACTERIUM; CEFUROXIME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849156512     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: 14394413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1105891     Document Type: Article

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