Nonodontogenic Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Sialadenitis
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Nonodontogenic Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Sialadenitis
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive infectious disease of the soft tissue with high mortality and morbidity rates. Necrotizing fasciitis is occasionally located in the head and neck region and develops after odontogenic infections. Factors affecting treatment success rates are early diagnosis, appropriate antibiotic treatment, and surgical debridement. We present a necrotizing fascii...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Otolaryngology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2090-6765,2090-6773
DOI: 10.1155/2016/9520516