Varicella Infection Complicated by Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Retropharyngeal Abscess

An unimmunized 19-month-old child presented with a retropharyngeal abscess and coincident varicella infection. The abscess resolved with operative drainage. This is the first published report of this connection, although varicella is known to be associated with abscesses in general. Practitioners sh...

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Autores principales: Clark, Christine M., Huntley, Colin, Carr, Michele M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5019878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27651967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9298143
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description An unimmunized 19-month-old child presented with a retropharyngeal abscess and coincident varicella infection. The abscess resolved with operative drainage. This is the first published report of this connection, although varicella is known to be associated with abscesses in general. Practitioners should be aware that cervical abscesses may complicate varicella infections.
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spelling pubmed-50198782016-09-20 Varicella Infection Complicated by Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Retropharyngeal Abscess Clark, Christine M. Huntley, Colin Carr, Michele M. Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report An unimmunized 19-month-old child presented with a retropharyngeal abscess and coincident varicella infection. The abscess resolved with operative drainage. This is the first published report of this connection, although varicella is known to be associated with abscesses in general. Practitioners should be aware that cervical abscesses may complicate varicella infections. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5019878/ /pubmed/27651967 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9298143 Text en Copyright © 2016 Christine M. Clark et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Varicella Infection Complicated by Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Retropharyngeal Abscess
title Varicella Infection Complicated by Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Retropharyngeal Abscess
title_full Varicella Infection Complicated by Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Retropharyngeal Abscess
title_fullStr Varicella Infection Complicated by Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Retropharyngeal Abscess
title_full_unstemmed Varicella Infection Complicated by Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Retropharyngeal Abscess
title_short Varicella Infection Complicated by Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Retropharyngeal Abscess
title_sort varicella infection complicated by group a beta-hemolytic streptococcal retropharyngeal abscess
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5019878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27651967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9298143
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