title: Staphylococcus aureus retropharyngeal abscess in children.
abstract: A retrospective review of 33 patients comparing community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) with community-associated methicillin-susceptible S. aureus RPA from 2002-2013 at Texas Children's Hospital revealed most cases of S. aureus RPA have been due to community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus, which appears to be associated with a more complicated clinical course than RPA caused by community-associated methicillin-susceptible S. aureus.
authors.affiliation: From the Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Nicholas K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Kristina G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Hulten
authors.forename: Edward O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Sheldon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome