Guidelines for the management of periorbital cellulitis/abscess

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 725-728

  Howe, L ^a   Jones, N S ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute sinusitis; Computerized tomography; Periorbital abscess; Periorbital cellulitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; BLINDNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ORBIT CELLULITIS; ORBIT DISEASE; PERIORBITAL ABSCESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; HUMANS; ORBITAL DISEASES; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 9344259767     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00889.x     Document Type: Review

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