Changing clinical features of odontogenic maxillofacial infections

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-465

  Seppänen, Lotta ^a,b   Rautemaa, Riina ^a,c   Lindqvist, Christian ^b,c   Lauhio, Anneli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Cardiovascular disease; Intensive care; Odontogenic maxillofacial infection; Space infection

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STATISTICS; TOOTH INFECTION; COMPLICATION; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77954862671     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-009-0281-5     Document Type: Article

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