Perirectal abscess in childhood. A review of 29 cases.
A total of 29 cases of perirectal abscess at Milwaukee Children's Hospital between 1965 and 1975 were retrospectively reviewed. One fourth of these children had a serious underlying chronic disease. Staphylococcus aureaus was the organism that grew most frequently from pus obtained from the abscesses, accounting for 52% of the isolates. Therapy included incision and drainage alone and incision and drainage plus parenteral and/or oral antibiotic treatment. One patient, a child with leukemia, died of this infection. Complications, primarily fistulain-ano or recurrent abscess, occurred in 42% of the survivors.
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D001442:Bacteroides Infections; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010462:Peptostreptococcus; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013290:Streptococcal Infections