Necrotizing Soft-Tissue and Retropharyngeal Space Infections and Mediastinitis

A 50-year-old man presented with a 3-day history of jaw pain, fever, and shortness of breath. CT showed severe dental disease with gas formation in the retropharyngeal space, chest wall, and mediastinum.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2024-07, Vol.391 (3), p.e5
Hauptverfasser:	Gomez, Martin A., Mejia, Beatriz
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abscesses Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Bacterial Infections Case reports Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine General Dental disorders Dyspnea Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine General Hospital-Based Clinical Medicine Humans Infections Infectious Disease Infectious Disease General Jaw Male Mediastinitis Mediastinitis - diagnostic imaging Mediastinitis - etiology Mediastinitis - pathology Mediastinitis - therapy Mediastinum Middle Aged Necrosis Otolaryngology Otolaryngology General Periodontal Diseases - complications Periodontal Diseases - diagnostic imaging Periodontal Diseases - pathology Periodontal Diseases - therapy Retropharyngeal Abscess - diagnostic imaging Retropharyngeal Abscess - etiology Retropharyngeal Abscess - pathology Retropharyngeal Abscess - therapy Soft Tissue Infections - diagnostic imaging Soft Tissue Infections - etiology Soft Tissue Infections - pathology Soft Tissue Infections - therapy Surgery Surgery General Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	A 50-year-old man presented with a 3-day history of jaw pain, fever, and shortness of breath. CT showed severe dental disease with gas formation in the retropharyngeal space, chest wall, and mediastinum.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMicm2312959