Mycoplasma salivarium in a Retropharyngeal abscess - nidus in a niche!

MALDI-TOF Mycoplasma salivarium Retropharyngeal abscess Sequencing

Journal

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
ISSN: 1879-0070
Titre abrégé: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8305899

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
25 Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 17 04 2024
revised: 24 06 2024
accepted: 24 06 2024
medline: 30 6 2024
pubmed: 30 6 2024
entrez: 29 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) is considered one of the life threatening conditions which can present either as dysphagia or dyspnoea. Timely management for the airway obstruction along with etiology identification plays a pivotal role in saving a patient's life. Here we present a case of RPA due to a rare pathogen.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38943820
pii: S0732-8893(24)00242-6
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116416
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doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

116416

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no competing interests.

Auteurs

Krithiga Ramachandran (K)

Department of Microbiology, Apollo Main Hospital, Greams Road, Chennai 600006, India.

Nandini Sethuraman (N)

Department of Microbiology, Apollo Main Hospital, Greams Road, Chennai 600006, India. Electronic address: drnandini_s@apollohospitals.com.

Geetharani Yuvaraj (G)

Department of Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai 600025, India.

Venkatakarthikeyan Chokkalingam (V)

Department of ENT, Head & Neck Surgery, Apollo Main Hospital, Greams Road, Chennai 600006, India.

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