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Descending Mediastinitis in a Child: Diagnostic Challenges and a Different Treatment Approach
- Source :
- Clinics and Practice, Vol 11, Iss 66, Pp 505-508 (2021), Clinics and Practice
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- In children, spontaneous mediastinitis is a rare, severe and commonly misdiagnosed disease. Although standard of care treatment frequently involves surgery, we report a case of mediastinitis in a five-year-old child, successfully treated with 4 weeks of intravenous antibiotics. Ultrasound imaging was used to monitor patient response to conservative treatment while reducing radiation exposure.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Medicine (General)
Standard of care
business.industry
deep cervical infection
Case Report
General Medicine
Disease
Patient response
medicine.disease
Mediastinitis
Surgery
Radiation exposure
Conservative treatment
R5-920
group a streptococcus
ultrasound monitoring
Intravenous antibiotics
medicine
Ultrasound imaging
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20397283
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 66
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinics and Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1d4d3b663e436c176e7fec0cf8c2f915