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Retropharyngeal abscess caused by group B Streptococcus in a previously healthy child
1Dept. of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan.
Infection
|November 2, 2001
Abstract:
Retropharyngeal cellulitis/abscess has not been recognized as a manifestation of group B streptococcal disease in the pediatric group beyond neonates. The purpose of this paper is to present a previously healthy 3-year-old boy with a retropharyngeal abscess due to group B Streptococcus which was successfully treated by surgical incision and drainage in combination with amoxicillin/clavulanate therapy.