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01-01-2022 | Edema | Letter to the Editor

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis from Ludwig’s angina: a life-threatening condition

Authors: Miguel F. Carrascosa, Silvia Cayón Hoyo, Roberto Echeverría San-Sebastián, Iratxe Alcalde Díez, Sergio Tapia Concha, Sandra Campos Fernández, Eva María Alonso-Fernández, Carmen González-Carrero Sixto, David Lobo Duro, Laura Sánchez Moreno, Miguel Ángel Zabaleta-Murguiondo

Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases | Issue 1/2022

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To the Editor, …

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Title: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis from Ludwig’s angina: a life-threatening condition
Authors: Miguel F. Carrascosa
Silvia Cayón Hoyo
Roberto Echeverría San-Sebastián
Iratxe Alcalde Díez
Sergio Tapia Concha
Sandra Campos Fernández
Eva María Alonso-Fernández
Carmen González-Carrero Sixto
David Lobo Duro
Laura Sánchez Moreno
Miguel Ángel Zabaleta-Murguiondo
Publication date: 01-01-2022
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Edema
Mediastinitis
Mediastinitis
Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 1/2022
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-021-04347-7

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