EUS-FNA of enlarged necrotic lymph nodes may cause infectious mediastinitis

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1191-1193

  Aerts, Joachim G J V ^a,b   Kloover, Jeroen ^b   Los, Jan ^a   Van Der Heijden, Olaf ^a   Janssens, Andre ^a   Tournoy, Kurt G ^c  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EUS; Infectious; Mediastinal

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE NECROSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SAFETY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG COMBINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; INJURY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CLAVULANIC ACID; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM; NECROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58949085465     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181872752     Document Type: Article

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