Can anaerobic culture of throat swabs prevent Lemierre's syndrome?;Kan anaerob dyrkning af svælgpodning forhindre Lemierres syndrom?

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 171, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 991-992

  Gehrt, Britta ^a   Jensen, Anders ^a   Kristensen, Lena Hagelskjær ^a   Prag, Jørgen ^a  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTION; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNDROME; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TONSILLITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349105246     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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