Profile

New User

New to Graphy Publications? Create an account to get started today.

Registered Users

Have an account? Sign in now.

How to Cite | Author Information | Publication History
International Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatal Care Volume 2 (2016), Article ID 1:IJPNC-121, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2016/121
Case Report
Retropharyngeal Abscess in a Four Month Old Female Infant-Case Report

Matej Katavić1*, Iva Mihatov Štefanović2, Renata Vrsalović3, Milana Zlatić-Glogoški4, Goran Tešović5 and Tomislav Baudoin6

1Pediatric Resident, Pediatric Department in University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Vinogradska cesta 29, Zagreb, Croatia
2Respiratory Section of Pediatric Department in University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, School of dental medicine, University of Zagreb Vinogradska cesta 29, Zagreb, Croatia
3Respiratory Section of Pediatric Department in University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Vinogradska cesta 29, Zagreb, Croatia
4Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Vinogradska c. 29, Zagreb, Croatia
5Pediatric Infectious Disease Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine University Clinical Hospital, Zagreb School of medicine, Mirogojska cesta 8, Zagreb, Croatia
6Department of Otorhinolarygology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb School of medicine, Vinogradska cesta 29, Zagreb, Croatia
Matej Katavić, Pediatric Department in University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Vinogradska cesta 29, Zagreb, Croatia; E-mail: reemabdelsalam3@gmail.com
05 December 2016; 28 December 2016; 30 December 2016
Katavić M, Štefanović IM, Vrsalović R, Zlatić-Glogoški M, Tešović G (2016) Retropharyngeal Abscess in a Four Month Old Female Infant-Case Report. Int J Pediatr Neonat Care 2: 121. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2016/121
© 2016 Katavić et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

References

  1. Crain EF, Gershel JC (2010) Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics, V Edition; Cambridge University Press
  2. Hay WW, Levin MJ, Sondheimer JM, Detering RR (2010) Lange Current Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics, 20th Edition, McGraw Hill
  3. Kliegman RM, Stanton B, Geme JS, Schor N, Behrman RE (2011) Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 19th Edition, Elsevier Saunders
  4. Römer M, Mäkitie A, Nokso-Koivisto J (2015) University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland: Pediatric Deep Neck Infections: a 10-year retrospective single-centre study
  5. Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 30th ed, Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, Long SS. (Eds), American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL 2015
  6. Huang CM, Huang FL, Chien YL, Chen PY (2015) Deep neck infections in children. Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection 43: 47-52
  7. Vinograd AM, Zonfrillo MR, Pawel B (2016) Retropharyngeal Abscess and Mediastinitis in a Well-Appearing Infant With Prolonged Fever. Pediatric Emergency Care 33: 43-46 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  8. Kelly CP, Isaacman DJ (2002) Group B streptococcal retropharyngeal cellulitis in a young infant: a case report and review of the literature. J Emerg Med 23: 179-182 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  9. Kovacić M, Kovacić I, Dželalija B (2015) Descending necrotizing mediastinitis secondary to retropharyngeal abscess. Acta Clinica Croatica 54: 541-546 [PubMed]
  10. Garcia Martins RH, Castilho EC, Weber ST, de Oliveira Semenzati G, de Campos LMP (2009) Retropharyngeal abscess and stridor in infants. Rev Bras Otorrinolaringol 75 no.2 São Paulo Mar./Apr. 2009 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  11. Mydam J, Thiagarajan P (2009) A nine month old child with retropharyngeal abscess secondary to mastoid abscess presenting as torticollis: a case report. Cases J 2: 6460 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  12. Courtney MJ, Mahadevan M, Miteff A (2007) Management of paediatric retropharyngeal infections: non-surgical versus surgical. ANZ J Surg 77: 985-987 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  13. Ekanayake R, Haines E, Fiesseler F, Riggs R, Armstrong L, et al. (2011) 430 Most Pediatric Patients With Retropharyngeal Abscess Are Afebrile. Annals of Emergency medicine 58: S324 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  14. Craig FW, Schunk JE (2003) Retropharyngeal abscess in children: clinical presentation, utility of imaging, and current management. Pediatrics 111: 1394-1398 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  15. Shin JH, Sung SI, Kim JK, Hung JM, Kim ES (2013) Retropharyngeal abscess co-infected with S. aureus and M. tuberculosis after rhinoviral infection in a 1-month-old infant; Korean J Pediatr 56: 86-89 [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  16. Gathwala G (2010) Retropharyngeal Abscess in the Neonate. Indian Journal of Pediatrics 77 [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  17. Fédérici S, Silva C, Maréchal C, Laporte E, Sévely A, et al. (2009) Retroand parapharyngeal infections: standardization of their management. Arch Pediatr 16: 1225-1232 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  18. Hoffmann C, Pierrot S, Contencin P, Morisseau-Durand MP, Manach Y (2011) Retropharyngeal infections in children. Treatment strategies and outcomes. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 75: 1099-1003 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  19. Stone ME, Walner DL, Koch BL, Egelhoff JC, Myer CM (1999) Correlation between computed tomography and surgical findings in retropharyngeal inflammatory processes in children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngo l 49: 121- 125 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  20. Aas JA, Paster BJ, Stokes LN, Olsen I, Dewhirst FE (2005) Defining the Normal Bacterial Flora of the Oral Cavity. J Clin Microbiol 43: 5721-5732 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
  21. Acevedo JL (2016): Pediatric Retropharyngeal Abscess; Diseases & Conditions Medscape
  22. Grisaru-Soen G, Komisar O, Aizenstein O, Soudack M, Schwartz D, et al. (2010) Retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscess in children-- epidemiology, clinical features and treatment. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 74:1016-20 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
Best viewed in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Above IE 9.0 version
Privacy Policy | Copyright & Permissions
Copyright © 2013-2024 Graphy Publications, All Rights Reserved.