Cervical necrotising fasciitis and descending mediastinitis secondary to unilateral tonsillitis: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Cervical necrotizing fasciitis is an aggressive infection with high morbidity and mortality. We present a case of cervical necrotizing fasciitis and descending mediastinitis in a healthy young man, caused by unilateral tonsillitis with a successful outcome without aggressive debridemen...

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Autores principales: Islam, Asad, Oko, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2613410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19055812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-368

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2613410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19055812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-368

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