title: Retropharyngeal infection with Staphylococcus aureus in a haemodialysis patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Clutterbuck
mesh_terms: 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*