CASE REPORT
Cervical Abscess in the Newborn: About Two Cases
Nadia El Idrissi Slitine, Ibtissam Khattou*, Fatiha Bennaoui, Fadl Mrabih Rabou Maoulainine
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Mohammed VI University Hospital, Research Team: l’Enfance, la Santé et le Développement, Cadi yyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2018Volume: 10
First Page: 134
Last Page: 138
Publisher Id: TOIDJ-10-134
DOI: 10.2174/1874279301810010134
Article History:
Received Date: 19/7/2018Revision Received Date: 20/9/2018
Acceptance Date: 25/9/2018
Electronic publication date: 17/10/2018
Collection year: 2018
© 2018 Elidrissislitine et al.
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open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
A cervical abscess is defined as a collection of pus in the structures of the neck, sometimes called deep neck infection or neck abscess. It is unusual in neonatal period. In this paper, the authors present two cases of neonatal neck abscess admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit of Mohammed VI University Hospital, Marrakesh (Morocco). The first case is caused by a neonatal infection; the second case is post-traumatic.
Keywords: Antibiotics, Deep neck infection, Newborn, Staphylococcus aureus, Lumbar punture, Laterocervical.
