An intubated 7‐month‐old infant with a retropharyngeal abscess and multidrug‐resistant Streptococcus mitis

Abstract

Abstract The profile of antimicrobial resistance (ie, antibiogram) may be disparate between children and adults. An infant developed severe deep neck infection with a multidrug‐resistant microbe. The microbe was more drug‐resistant in children than in adults, in our hospital. Treatment of a child should be guided by the antibiogram obtained from children.

Keywords

• age
• antibiogram
• antimicrobial resistance
• antimicrobial susceptibility
• deep neck infection
• pediatrics