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Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Deep Neck Abscesses in Pediatrics: Analysis of a Case Series from a 3rd Level Pediatric Hospital
As there is currently no consensus on managing deep neck infections in pediatric populations, we report a case series from a large pediatric hospital. Clinical data of patients discharged from Istituto Gaslini-Children’s Hospital from January 2014 to June 2020 with peritonsillar, parapharyngeal, or...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10528812/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761467 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10091506 |
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author | Mariani, Marcello Saffioti, Carolina Mesini, Alessio Palmero, Candida D’Agostino, Roberto Garofolo, Sabrina Rossi, Andrea Damasio, Maria Beatrice Castagnola, Elio |
author_facet | Mariani, Marcello Saffioti, Carolina Mesini, Alessio Palmero, Candida D’Agostino, Roberto Garofolo, Sabrina Rossi, Andrea Damasio, Maria Beatrice Castagnola, Elio |
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description | As there is currently no consensus on managing deep neck infections in pediatric populations, we report a case series from a large pediatric hospital. Clinical data of patients discharged from Istituto Gaslini-Children’s Hospital from January 2014 to June 2020 with peritonsillar, parapharyngeal, or retropharyngeal abscess diagnoses were collected. A total of 59 patients were identified. Patients underwent surgical drainage in 47% of cases. Streptococcus mitis/oralis was the most isolated pathogen. Surgically treated patients did have larger abscesses compared to others, but there were no differences in the duration of hospitalization. Children who received NSAIDs at home had significant delays in diagnosis (median 4 vs. 1.5 days, p = 0.008). In our experience, clinical presentation of DNIs is often evocative, but evaluation should include imaging with CT/MRI. Surgery is effective in larger abscesses, allowing for etiological diagnosis with consequent antibiotic adjusting. From an anamnestic point of view, home medications such as NSAIDs could delay diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-105288122023-09-28 Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Deep Neck Abscesses in Pediatrics: Analysis of a Case Series from a 3rd Level Pediatric Hospital Mariani, Marcello Saffioti, Carolina Mesini, Alessio Palmero, Candida D’Agostino, Roberto Garofolo, Sabrina Rossi, Andrea Damasio, Maria Beatrice Castagnola, Elio Children (Basel) Communication As there is currently no consensus on managing deep neck infections in pediatric populations, we report a case series from a large pediatric hospital. Clinical data of patients discharged from Istituto Gaslini-Children’s Hospital from January 2014 to June 2020 with peritonsillar, parapharyngeal, or retropharyngeal abscess diagnoses were collected. A total of 59 patients were identified. Patients underwent surgical drainage in 47% of cases. Streptococcus mitis/oralis was the most isolated pathogen. Surgically treated patients did have larger abscesses compared to others, but there were no differences in the duration of hospitalization. Children who received NSAIDs at home had significant delays in diagnosis (median 4 vs. 1.5 days, p = 0.008). In our experience, clinical presentation of DNIs is often evocative, but evaluation should include imaging with CT/MRI. Surgery is effective in larger abscesses, allowing for etiological diagnosis with consequent antibiotic adjusting. From an anamnestic point of view, home medications such as NSAIDs could delay diagnosis. MDPI 2023-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10528812/ /pubmed/37761467 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10091506 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Mariani, Marcello Saffioti, Carolina Mesini, Alessio Palmero, Candida D’Agostino, Roberto Garofolo, Sabrina Rossi, Andrea Damasio, Maria Beatrice Castagnola, Elio Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Deep Neck Abscesses in Pediatrics: Analysis of a Case Series from a 3rd Level Pediatric Hospital |
title | Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Deep Neck Abscesses in Pediatrics: Analysis of a Case Series from a 3rd Level Pediatric Hospital |
title_full | Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Deep Neck Abscesses in Pediatrics: Analysis of a Case Series from a 3rd Level Pediatric Hospital |
title_fullStr | Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Deep Neck Abscesses in Pediatrics: Analysis of a Case Series from a 3rd Level Pediatric Hospital |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Deep Neck Abscesses in Pediatrics: Analysis of a Case Series from a 3rd Level Pediatric Hospital |
title_short | Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Deep Neck Abscesses in Pediatrics: Analysis of a Case Series from a 3rd Level Pediatric Hospital |
title_sort | clinical and microbiological characteristics of deep neck abscesses in pediatrics: analysis of a case series from a 3rd level pediatric hospital |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10528812/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761467 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10091506 |
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