Incidence and microbiology of peritonsillar abscess: The influence of season, age, and gender

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1163-1167

  Klug, T E ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SUMMER; TONSILLITIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WINTER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903815301     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2052-8     Document Type: Article

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