Abstract |
A retrospective review of 33 patients comparing community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) with community-associated methicillin-susceptible S. aureus RPA from 2002-2013 at Texas Children's Hospital revealed most cases of S. aureus RPA have been due to community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus, which appears to be associated with a more complicated clinical course than RPA caused by community-associated methicillin-susceptible S. aureus.
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Authors | Nicholas K Brown, Kristina G Hulten, Edward O Mason, Sheldon L Kaplan |
Journal | The Pediatric infectious disease journal
(Pediatr Infect Dis J)
Vol. 34
Issue 4
Pg. 454-6
(Apr 2015)
ISSN: 1532-0987 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 25760568
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Observational Study)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Community-Acquired Infections
(epidemiology, microbiology, pathology)
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Methicillin Resistance
- Retropharyngeal Abscess
(epidemiology, microbiology, pathology)
- Retrospective Studies
- Staphylococcal Infections
(epidemiology, microbiology, pathology)
- Staphylococcus aureus
(classification, isolation & purification)
- Texas
(epidemiology)
- Treatment Outcome
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