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Retropharyngeal Abscess and Mediastinitis in a Well-Appearing Infant With Prolonged Fever.

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Fever is a common presenting chief complaint in the pediatric emergency department. We report the case of a well-appearing 11-month-old female with 2 weeks of daily fevers who was found to have an extensive retropharyngeal abscess with mediastinal and extrapleural extension. We review the literature

Mediastinitis presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin.

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A 55 year old female was admitted as a case of pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) of 2 months duration. She had developed throat ache, progressive dysphagia for both solids and liquids, dry cough and retrosternal pain for one week. Examination revealed fever, tachycardia, tachypnoea and a soft tissue

[Fibrosing mediastinitis: a rare cause of fever].

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A 47-year-old woman was examined due to fever of unknown origin. She had been on holiday in Southeast Asia. Routine laboratory investigations confirmed the presence of inflammation. Serology for Hepatitis B virus, HIV, Borrelia, Cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmosis, lues, Epstein Barr virus, brucellosis,

Low antibodies titer and serological cross-reaction between Coxiella burnetii and Legionella pneumophila challenge the diagnosis of mediastinitis, an emerging Q fever clinical entity.

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BACKGROUND Coxiella burnetii is an intracellular and fastidious bacterium responsible of acute and persistent Q fever infection. Endocarditis and vascular infections are the most common serious complications of acute Q fever. METHODS We report the case of a 63-year-old man that presented a

[Fever of unknown origin due to sclerosing mediastinitis].

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Mediastinitis: A Serious Complication of Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration.

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Mediastinitis is a rare but a serious complication of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA). We present 3 cases of mediastinitis following these diagnostic procedures. In 2 of the patients

[A successful case report of mediastinitis and sternal infection due to MRSA after correction for tetralogy of Fallot with omental transposition and major pectoral muscle flap].

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A corrective operation of TOF was performed in a 32-year-old male with RV outflow patch. He had a purulent discharge due to MRSA 6 days after operation. Omental transposition with a single wound closure was performed to treat the mediastinitis. After re-operation, he had a high grade fever, flail

Treatment of recurrent postoperative mediastinitis with granulated sugar.

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BACKGROUND The authors report their experience with granulated sugar as dressing technique in the treatment of postoperative mediastinitis refractory to a closed irrigation system. METHODS Between January 1990 and January 1998, mediastinitis developed in 61 (0,93%) of 6521 patients who had undergone

An unnoticed origin of fever: periapical tooth abscess. Three case reports and literature review.

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Dental infections may lead to severe local or systemic infections such as endocarditis, brain abscesses and mediastinitis. Fever may be the only symptom. We aim to highlight dental/odontogenic abscesses as the occult source of unexplained fever by reporting on three cases and reviewing the relevant

Severe descending mediastinitis after routine dental implant surgery: a case report.

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OBJECTIVE The aim of this article is to present a clinical case of severe descending mediastinitis following the insertion of three dental implants in the mandible. METHODS A 64-year-old female was treated with an implant-supported rehabilitation for her mandibular missing teeth in positions 36, 45

Pediatric poststernotomy mediastinitis.

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BACKGROUND Mediastinitis results in significant morbidity in pediatric cardiac patients. It is not clear whether delayed sternal closure is a risk factor for these infections. Management of mediastinitis remains controversial. METHODS Cases of mediastinitis at the Stollery Children's Hospital from

Deep neck infection and descending mediastinitis as lethal complications of dentoalveolar infection: two rare case reports.

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BACKGROUND We report two cases of innocuous dentoalveolar infections which rapidly progressed to deep neck abscesses complicated by descending mediastinitis in a resource-constrained rural mission hospital in the Cameroon. METHODS The clinical presentations of a 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old

Severe descending necrotizing mediastinitis: vacuum-assisted dressing did wonder.

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Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a rapidly progressive disease from the spread of cervical infection. Transcervical and transthoracic drainage was the recognized traditional surgical approach to achieve adequate clearance of infection. Non-invasive vacuum-assisted dressing is a new

[Successful conservative therapy for mediastinitis caused by multiple esophageal perforations].

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A 77-year-old man was admitted to our hospital on a diagnosis of acute mediastinits, 17 days after he had high fever. Computed tomography of the chest revealed an abscess cavity in the left upper mediastinum. Endoscopic examination showed multiple pin-hole perforations in the upper esophagus from 23

Diagnosing poststernotomy mediastinitis in the ED.

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OBJECTIVE Poststernotomy mediastinitis (PSM), the severe chest wall and mediastinal infection that may arise at any time after a sternotomy, causes significant morbidity and mortality globally. Late recognition and diagnosis are the major contributors to a poor outcome. This review focuses on recent

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