An intubated 7‐month‐old infant with a retropharyngeal abscess and multidrug‐resistant  Streptococcus mitis | Zendy

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An intubated 7‐month‐old infant with a retropharyngeal abscess and multidrug‐resistant Streptococcus mitis

Author(s) -

Watanabe Yoshihisa,

Nagao Yoshiro,

Endo Hisashi,

Yamane Ichiro,

Hirata Masaaki,

Hatakeyama Kuniya

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

clinical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2050-0904

DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2528

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiogram , multiple drug resistance , retropharyngeal abscess , antimicrobial , drug resistance , streptococcus mitis , pediatrics , antibiotics , abscess , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , streptococcus , genetics , bacteria , biology

The profile of antimicrobial resistance (ie, antibiogram) may be disparate between children and adults. An infant developed severe deep neck infection with a multidrug‐resistant microbe. The microbe was more drug‐resistant in children than in adults, in our hospital. Treatment of a child should be guided by the antibiogram obtained from children.

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