Retropharyngeal infection with Staphylococcus aureus in a haemodialysis patient.
The case of a 55-year-old female Asian haemodialysis patient is described. She developed a septicaemic illness and retropharyngeal soft-tissue infection secondary to Staphylococcus aureus infection.
Hughes
J
J
Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK.
Martin
R J
RJ
Clutterbuck
E J
EJ
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*