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Panduranga Kamath, M., Shetty, Ashok B., Hegde, Mahesh Chandra, Sreedharan, Suja, Bhojwani, Kiran, Padmanabhan, K., Agarwal, Saurabh, Mathew, Manoj, Rajeev Kumar, M. |
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Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery; October 2003, Vol. 55 Issue: 4 p270-275, 6p |
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Objective: To study the presentation, etiology, microbiology and morbidity of deep neck space infections. Study Design: Retrospective study Methods: 29 patients admitted in Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangulore, India between January 1997 and December 2002 with deep neck space infections.,were included in the study. Remits: The most common space involved was the parapharyngeul space. No specific etiology was determined in .38%; an odontogenic cause was discovered in 28% of the patients; tonsillar/pharyngeal infections in 24% of patients and foreign body impaction in 7% of cases. The main morbidity was due to mediastinitis (5 patients). I patient succumbed to the disease. Mixed flora with aerobic and anaerobic infections was identified in most of the cases. |
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