Retropharyngeal abscess coinfected with Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis after rhinoviral infection in a 1-month-old infantopen access
- Authors
- Shin J.H.; Sung S.I.; Kim J.K.; Jung J.M.; Kim E.S.; Choi S.H.; Kim Y.J.; Ahn K.M.; Chang Y.S.; Park W.S.
- Issue Date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Korean Pediatric Society
- Keywords
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Retropharyngeal abscess; Staphylococcus aureus
- Citation
- Korean Journal of Pediatrics, v.56, no.2, pp 86 - 89
- Pages
- 4
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Korean Journal of Pediatrics
- Volume
- 56
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 86
- End Page
- 89
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/30639
- DOI
- 10.3345/kjp.2013.56.2.86
- ISSN
- 1738-1061
2092-7258
- Abstract
- A retropharyngeal abscess is a rare disease entity in young infants but can develop after nasopharyngeal viral infection. Group B Streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus are the most common pathogens in young infants, however, Mycobacterium tuberculosis is very rare. We report the case of retropharyngeal abscess and coinfection with S. aureus and M. tuberculosis in a very young infant presenting with respiratory symptoms due to upper airway obstruction. Usually tuberculous retropharyngeal abscesses are caused by the direct invasion of the bacteria from the spine via anterior longitudinal ligament of the spine. However, in this case, no associated spinal disease was observed. © 2013 by The Korean Pediatric Society.
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