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83rd Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

16.05. - 20.05.2012, Mainz

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Cervical necrotizing fasciitis and a descending mediastinalabscess caused by acute epiglottitis with diabetes mellitus: A life-threatening complication

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  • Rongming Ge - Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University Medical School, Shanghai, P.R. China
  • Yong Mao - Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University Medical School, Shanghai, P.R. China
  • Xiaolin Zhang - Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University Medical School, Shanghai, P.R. China
  • Shaoqiang Zheng - Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University Medical School, Shanghai, P.R. China
  • corresponding author Xue Huiwen - Chinese ent news and reviews, Beijing, P.R. China

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. 83. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. Mainz, 16.-20.05.2012. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2012. Doc12hnod154

doi: 10.3205/12hnod154, urn:nbn:de:0183-12hnod1546

Published: April 4, 2012

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Cervical necrotizing fasciitis and a descending mediastinal abscess of the neck following acute epiglottitis, life-threatening complications, is reported in a 43-year-old man with DM. The bacterial culture showed Peptostreptococcus anaerobius. The patient recovered after surgical debridement and broad-spectrum antibiotics therapy