Role of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in head and neck infections

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1301-1307

  Brook, I ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Otolaryngology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYMYXIN B; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEBRIDEMENT; EAR INFECTION; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LYMPHADENITIS; MASTOIDECTOMY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ORBIT CELLULITIS; OTORRHEA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THYROIDITIS; TONSILLITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSCESS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; THYROIDITIS, SUPPURATIVE;

EID: 75149143864     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215109990624     Document Type: Review

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