OBJECTIVE: To study the presentation, etiology, microbiology and morbidity of deep neck space infections. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study Methods: 29 patients admitted in Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangulore, India between January 1997 and December 2002 with deep neck space infections.,were included in the study. REMITS: The most common space involved was the parapharyngeul space. No specific etiology was determined in .38%; an odontogenic cause was discovered in 28% of the patients; tonsillar/pharyngeal infections in 24% of patients and foreign body impaction in 7% of cases. The main morbidity was due to mediastinitis (5 patients). I patient succumbed to the disease. Mixed flora with aerobic and anaerobic infections was identified in most of the cases.
OBJECTIVE: To study the presentation, etiology, microbiology and morbidity of deep neck space infections. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study Methods: 29 patients admitted in Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangulore, India between January 1997 and December 2002 with deep neck space infections.,were included in the study. REMITS: The most common space involved was the parapharyngeul space. No specific etiology was determined in .38%; an odontogenic cause was discovered in 28% of the patients; tonsillar/pharyngeal infections in 24% of patients and foreign body impaction in 7% of cases. The main morbidity was due to mediastinitis (5 patients). I patient succumbed to the disease. Mixed flora with aerobic and anaerobic infections was identified in most of the cases.
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Deep neck space infections; Mediastinitis; Parapharyngeal space; Retropharyngeal space
Authors: Tzong-Hann Yang; Sudha Xirasagar; Yen-Fu Cheng; Chuan-Song Wu; Yi-Wei Kao; Herng-Ching Lin Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2021-01-25 Impact factor: 3.390