A 9-month-old infant with fever and fussiness. Final diagnosis: A 9-month-old infant with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus para-/retropharyngeal abscess with spontaneous egress through the EAC

Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Aug;52(8):774-6. doi: 10.1177/0009922813492888. Epub 2013 Jun 18.

Authors

Saurabh Patel¹, Kristina N Feja, John Hanna, Robert W Tolan Jr

Affiliation

¹ The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.

PMID: 23785059
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813492888

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Clindamycin / therapeutic use
Drainage / methods*
Fever / diagnosis
Fever / etiology
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Male
Methicillin / pharmacology
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Otitis Externa / diagnosis*
Otitis Externa / therapy
Psychomotor Agitation / diagnosis
Psychomotor Agitation / etiology
Retropharyngeal Abscess / microbiology
Retropharyngeal Abscess / therapy*
Risk Assessment
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / therapy*
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Teaching Rounds
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

Clindamycin
Vancomycin
Methicillin