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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of extensive retropharyngeal abscess in two infants.

Fleisch AF, Nolan S, Gerber J, Coffin SE

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

We report 2 cases of extensive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) retropharyngeal abscesses in young infants. In 1 case, the abscess was associated with a reactive thrombosis of the jugular vein. Based on the existing literature and the rapid emergence of MRSA skin and soft tissue infections, it is possible that similar severe infections will occur with increasing frequency in young infants.

Published 28 November 2007 in Pediatr Infect Dis J, 26(12): 1161-3.
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