Bilateral peritonsillar abscess: Case report and literature review

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-167

  Pham, Viet ^a   Gungor, Anil ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858753112     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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