The study aims to present our experience of the clinical course and management of @entity281 and try to determine if the characteristics of this kind of infection were similar between the @entity1 and adults in southern China. @entity1 diagnosed with @entity281 in the Division of Otolaryngology in the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University between January 2002 and December 2011 were screened retrospectively for demographic characteristics, presenting symptoms, antibiotic therapy before admission, the history of antibiotics abuse, leucocyte count, etiology, bacteriology, disease comorbidity, imaging, treatment, complications, and outcomes.One hundred thirty @entity1 were included and 44 (33.8%) were younger than 18 years old (the @entity1 group), 86 @entity1 (66.2%) were older than 18 years old (the adults group). Fever, trismus, @entity4048 , and odynophagia were the most common symptoms in both groups. Forty @entity1 (90.9%) and 49 adults (57.0%) had been treated with broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy before admission. Thirty one @entity1 (70.5%) and 24 adults (27.9%) had a history of antibiotics abuse. In @entity1 group, the site most commonly involved was the parapharyngeal space (18 @entity1 , 40.9%). In adults group, the site most commonly involved was multispace (30 @entity1 , 34.9%). In @entity1 group, the most common cause was @entity12743 (5 @entity1 , 11.4%) and the cause remained unknown in 31 @entity1 (70.5%). In adults group, the most common cause was pharyngeal infection (19 @entity1 , 22.2%). All of the 27 @entity1 with @entity66 comorbidity were adults and 17 were @entity6 ( @entity6 ). Streptococcus viridans was the most common pathogen in both @entity1 and adults groups. Eighty six (66.2%) underwent surgical @entity532 were found in 31 @entity1 (4 @entity1 , 27 adults). @entity281 in adults is easier to have multispace involvement and lead to complications and appears to be more serious than that in @entity1 . Understanding the different characteristics between the @entity1 and adults with @entity281 may be helpful in accurate evaluation and proper management.

XXXX : A Review of 130 Cases in Southern China.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'Patients', 'patients'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['associated disease'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes mellitus', 'DM'] @entity532 :: ('MESH:D003925', 'Disease') :: ['drainage and complications'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['deep neck infection', 'Deep neck infection'] @entity4048 :: ('MESH:D019547', 'Disease') :: ['neck pain'] @entity12743 :: ('MESH:D001935', 'Disease') :: ['branchial cleft cyst']
@entity281 :: (MESH:D007239,Disease) :: ['Deep Neck Infection']
