Cervical necrotizing fasciitis of odontogenic origin involving the temporal region - A case report

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 570-573

  Lorenzini, Guido ^a   Picciotti, Maria ^a   Di Vece, Luca ^a   Pepponi, Emanuela ^a   Brindisi, Leopoldo ^a   Vessio, Valeria ^a   Maffei, Marianna ^a   Viviano, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dental infection; Facial swellings; Fasciitis; Temporal muscle

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BICARBONATE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HEPARINOID; IMIPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUTH MUCOSA; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SCLEROSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TOOTH INFECTION; TRACHEOTOMY; TRISMUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DENTAL CARIES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NECK MUSCLES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEMPORAL MUSCLE;

EID: 80055035475     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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