Invasive sinonasal actinomycosis: Case report and literature review

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 334-338

  Vorasubin, Nopawan ^a   Wu, Arthur W ^a   Day, Christina ^b   Suh, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cervicofacial actinomycosis; sinonasal actinomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; PROBENECID;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; EDEMA; FACE; FRONTAL BONE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY SINUS; MOUTH CAVITY; MUCOSAL NECROSIS; NASAL BONE; PARANASAL SINUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADJUVANTS, PHARMACEUTIC; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PENICILLIN G; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROBENECID; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873735652     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23477     Document Type: Review

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