Treatment of cervicofacial actinomycosis: A report of 19 cases and review of literature

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Moghimi, Meshkan ^a   Salentijn, Erik ^a   Debets Ossenkop, Yvette ^a   Karagozoglu, K H ^a   Forouzanfar, Tymour ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actinomyces; Actinomycosis; Actinomycosis diagnosis; Actinomycosis treatment; Cervicofacial infection; Head and neck infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACAMPICILLIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; BETAMETHASONE; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MICROFLORA; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWELLING; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACTINOMYCOSIS, CERVICOFACIAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84880438365     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4317/medoral.19124     Document Type: Article

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