Revisão Revisado por pares

Salmonella retropharyngeal abscess in a child: case report and literature review

2003; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 22; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/01.inf.0000083828.70413.fd

ISSN

1532-0987

Autores

Fu‐Hsiung Su, Peir-Taur Chen, YU-CHIA CHIU, Jeng‐Wen Chen,

Tópico(s)

Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

Resumo

Retropharyngealabscess is a rare but serious disease in children. Salmonella species are uncommon causative agents of deep neck infections. We present the clinical course of a 10-year-old boy with a retropharyngeal abscess caused by Salmonella lomita and review 18 previously published cases.

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