Current management of upper respiratory tract and head and neck infections

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-323

  Brook, Itzhak ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Antimicrobials; Haemophilus influenzae; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFDINIR; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TICARCILLIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ACUTE SINUSITIS; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CERVICAL LYMPHADENITIS; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; GINGIVA ULCER; GINGIVITIS; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LYMPHADENITIS; MASTOIDITIS; MOUTH HYGIENE; PAROTITIS; PERIODONTITIS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGOTONSILLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULPITIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; REVIEW; SILIADENITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THYROIDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VINCENT GINGIVITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; EAR DISEASES; HEAD; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; NECK; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES;

EID: 62549159544     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0849-8     Document Type: Review

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