Varicella Infection Complicated by Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Retropharyngeal Abscess

Christine M. Clark; Colin Huntley; Michele M. Carr

doi:10.1155/2016/9298143

Case Reports in Otolaryngology (Jan 2016)

Varicella Infection Complicated by Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Retropharyngeal Abscess

Christine M. Clark,
Colin Huntley,
Michele M. Carr

Affiliations

Christine M. Clark: College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
Colin Huntley: Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 925 Chestnut Street, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Michele M. Carr: Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery and Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/9298143
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2016

Abstract

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An unimmunized 19-month-old child presented with a retropharyngeal abscess and coincident varicella infection. The abscess resolved with operative drainage. This is the first published report of this connection, although varicella is known to be associated with abscesses in general. Practitioners should be aware that cervical abscesses may complicate varicella infections.

Published in Case Reports in Otolaryngology

ISSN: 2090-6765 (Print); 2090-6773 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Otorhinolaryngology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2807

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