DEEP NECK ABSCESSES COMPLICATING ACUTE FUSOBACTERIAL TONSILLITIS

Elisabeth Hui Ling Lee; Willem Lodewijk Manson

European Medical Journal Respiratory (May 2015)

DEEP NECK ABSCESSES COMPLICATING ACUTE FUSOBACTERIAL TONSILLITIS

Elisabeth Hui Ling Lee,
Willem Lodewijk Manson

Affiliations

Elisabeth Hui Ling Lee: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Willem Lodewijk Manson: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 57 – 59

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A case of deep neck abscesses due to Fusobacterium necrophorum in a young adult patient after therapy with phenethicillin is reported. The clinical manifestations, diagnostic methods, therapy, and outcome are described.

Published in European Medical Journal Respiratory

ISSN: 2054-3166 (Online)
Publisher: European Medical Journal
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: http://emjreviews.com/therapeutic-area/respiratory/

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