Deep neck infections
Deep neck infections is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.
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PATHOGENS
Typically due to oral flora plus others (especially if receiving antibiotics recently or hospitalized).
- Anaerobic bacteria: Peptostreptococcus, Bacteroides spp., Fusobacterium spp.(Lemierre’s syndrome), Porphyromonas spp.
- Streptococcus species including S. intermedius (complex)
- S. aureus including MRSA
- Aerobic Gram-negative bacilli, now found with increasing frequency
- Actinomyces (see Actinomycosis module for details)
- Compromised host: Candida, Aspergillus
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Last updated: August 9, 2019
Citation
Auwaerter, Paul G, and John G Bartlett. "Deep Neck Infections." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2019. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540111/all/Cervical_fascial__perimandibular__space_infections.
Auwaerter PG, Bartlett JG. Deep neck infections. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540111/all/Cervical_fascial__perimandibular__space_infections. Accessed October 15, 2019.
Auwaerter, P. G., & Bartlett, J. G. (2019). Deep neck infections. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540111/all/Cervical_fascial__perimandibular__space_infections
Auwaerter PG, Bartlett JG. Deep Neck Infections [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. [cited 2019 October 15]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540111/all/Cervical_fascial__perimandibular__space_infections.
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