Staphylococcus aureus retropharyngeal abscess in children

Nicholas K Brown; Kristina G Hulten; Edward O Mason; Sheldon L Kaplan

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000000599

Staphylococcus aureus retropharyngeal abscess in children

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Apr;34(4):454-6. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000599.

Authors

Nicholas K Brown¹, Kristina G Hulten, Edward O Mason, Sheldon L Kaplan

Affiliation

¹ From the Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.

PMID: 25760568
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000599

Abstract

A retrospective review of 33 patients comparing community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) with community-associated methicillin-susceptible S. aureus RPA from 2002-2013 at Texas Children's Hospital revealed most cases of S. aureus RPA have been due to community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus, which appears to be associated with a more complicated clinical course than RPA caused by community-associated methicillin-susceptible S. aureus.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Observational Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
Community-Acquired Infections / pathology
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Methicillin Resistance
Retropharyngeal Abscess / epidemiology
Retropharyngeal Abscess / microbiology*
Retropharyngeal Abscess / pathology*
Retrospective Studies
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / pathology*
Staphylococcus aureus / classification
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Texas / epidemiology
Treatment Outcome