Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: Ten years' experience

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 774-780

  Mora, Renzo ^a,d   Jankowska, Barbara ^a   Catrambone, Ugo ^b   Passali, Giulio Cesare ^c   Mora, Francesco ^a   Leoncini, Giacomo ^b   Passali, Francesco Maria ^a   Barbieri, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCENDING NECROTIZING MEDIASTINITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; NECK; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHLEGMON; RARE DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY; TONSIL DISEASE; TOOTH INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 9644302616     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130408301116     Document Type: Article

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