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Salmonella Retropharyngeal Abscess Linked to Backyard Poultry Exposure in a 12-Month-Old Girl

We report a rare complication of nontyphoidal Salmonella infection in a 12-month-old girl with a retropharyngeal abscess. The patient presented with a four-day history of nasal congestion, cough, decreased oral intake, and increased irritability. She was admitted for a suspected deep neck infection....

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Autores principales: Sturgill, Luke, Fadil, Angela, Hinthorn, Daniel, Schrepfer, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9508688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36171844
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28375
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description We report a rare complication of nontyphoidal Salmonella infection in a 12-month-old girl with a retropharyngeal abscess. The patient presented with a four-day history of nasal congestion, cough, decreased oral intake, and increased irritability. She was admitted for a suspected deep neck infection. Computed tomography confirmed a retropharyngeal abscess with airway narrowing. Incision and drainage was performed, and intraoperative cultures grew nontyphoidal Salmonella. Epidemiologic investigation revealed exposure to a backyard flock of chickens. The patient had little direct contact with chickens but did go with family to collect eggs, riding on a vehicle that likely became contaminated. This case highlights the risks to infants and young children in contact with live poultry or contaminated environments.
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spelling pubmed-95086882022-09-27 Salmonella Retropharyngeal Abscess Linked to Backyard Poultry Exposure in a 12-Month-Old Girl Sturgill, Luke Fadil, Angela Hinthorn, Daniel Schrepfer, Thomas Cureus Otolaryngology We report a rare complication of nontyphoidal Salmonella infection in a 12-month-old girl with a retropharyngeal abscess. The patient presented with a four-day history of nasal congestion, cough, decreased oral intake, and increased irritability. She was admitted for a suspected deep neck infection. Computed tomography confirmed a retropharyngeal abscess with airway narrowing. Incision and drainage was performed, and intraoperative cultures grew nontyphoidal Salmonella. Epidemiologic investigation revealed exposure to a backyard flock of chickens. The patient had little direct contact with chickens but did go with family to collect eggs, riding on a vehicle that likely became contaminated. This case highlights the risks to infants and young children in contact with live poultry or contaminated environments. Cureus 2022-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9508688/ /pubmed/36171844 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28375 Text en Copyright © 2022, Sturgill et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Fadil, Angela
Hinthorn, Daniel
Schrepfer, Thomas
Salmonella Retropharyngeal Abscess Linked to Backyard Poultry Exposure in a 12-Month-Old Girl
title Salmonella Retropharyngeal Abscess Linked to Backyard Poultry Exposure in a 12-Month-Old Girl
title_full Salmonella Retropharyngeal Abscess Linked to Backyard Poultry Exposure in a 12-Month-Old Girl
title_fullStr Salmonella Retropharyngeal Abscess Linked to Backyard Poultry Exposure in a 12-Month-Old Girl
title_full_unstemmed Salmonella Retropharyngeal Abscess Linked to Backyard Poultry Exposure in a 12-Month-Old Girl
title_short Salmonella Retropharyngeal Abscess Linked to Backyard Poultry Exposure in a 12-Month-Old Girl
title_sort salmonella retropharyngeal abscess linked to backyard poultry exposure in a 12-month-old girl
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9508688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36171844
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28375
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