title: Case 03-1993: a 20-month-old boy with fever and neck stiffness.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri 64108.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Fitzmaurice
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mcintee
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008198:Lymph Nodes; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes