Peritonsillar abscess in children in the southern district of Israel

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1148-1150

  Segal, Nili ^a   El Saied, Sabri ^a   Puterman, Max ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Drainage; Peritonsillar abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUMMER; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WINTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 67649117853     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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