Fusobacterium necrophorum: Most prevalent pathogen in peritonsillar abscess in Denmark

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1467-1472

  Klug, Tejs Ehlers ^a   Rusan, Maria ^a   Fuursted, Kurt ^a   Ovesen, Therese ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849109339     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/644616     Document Type: Article

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