Nonclostridial Deep Gas-Producing Infection in the Neck

1 October 1970

journal article
case report
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

Vol. 92 (4) , 383-385
https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1970.04310040071013

Abstract

The first patient in the literature to survive with a deep nonclostridial gas-forming neck phlegmon is described. Early x-ray identification of gas formation as well as aerobic and anaerobic cultures are necessary for adequate therapy consisting in external neck drainage, followed up by chemotherapy, and if necessary hyperbaric oxygen treatment.

Keywords

TREATMENT
CHEMOTHERAPY
OXYGEN
NECK
AEROBIC
HYPERBARIC
PHLEGMON
SURVIVE
EXTERNAL
NONCLOSTRIDIAL

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