Open AccessDescending Mediastinitis in Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
Author(s) -
Joanna Geerts,
E. M. van Driel,
M. J. F. M. Janssen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.03578-14
Subject(s) - mediastinitis , virus , medicine , epstein–barr virus , epstein–barr virus infection , abscess , complication , virology , surgery
Our case report describes a previously healthy 34-year-old male who develops a descending mediastinitis as a complication of an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. The mediastinitis was suspected to have developed by a breakthrough of a peritonsillar abscess through the space between the alar and prevertebral space.
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