title: Infectious diseases of the head and neck: a review.
abstract: A variety of infectious diseases may involve head and neck structures. These include bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoal infections. This article describes the pathologic features of a variety of infectious diseases that surgical pathologists may encounter in analysis of tissue specimens from the head and neck area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Montone
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000473:pathology*; D009333:Neck; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000473:pathology*