Open AccessAn 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.