Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient
Acinetobacter species frequently causes nosocomial infection, particularly in patients receiving invasive ventilation at intensive care units for a prolonged period. Odynophagia is a rare, initial clinical manifestation of prevertebral abscess which subsequently develops when the abscess extends int...
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| author | R. Manmathan T. Kumanan J. A. Pradeepan |
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| description | Acinetobacter species frequently causes nosocomial infection, particularly in patients receiving invasive ventilation at intensive care units for a prolonged period. Odynophagia is a rare, initial clinical manifestation of prevertebral abscess which subsequently develops when the abscess extends into the retropharyngeal space causing a midline bulge of the posterior pharyngeal wall. Here, we present and discuss a patient with uncontrolled diabetic mellitus who presented with severe odynophagia and dysphagia. He was diagnosed to have prevertebral abscess caused by a rarely reported bacteria, Acinetobacter baumannii. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9464b3bb71ed4b7bbbd771f8da0f03242025-02-03T05:45:03ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/60516416051641Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic PatientR. Manmathan0T. Kumanan1J. A. Pradeepan2University Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri LankaDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri LankaDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri LankaAcinetobacter species frequently causes nosocomial infection, particularly in patients receiving invasive ventilation at intensive care units for a prolonged period. Odynophagia is a rare, initial clinical manifestation of prevertebral abscess which subsequently develops when the abscess extends into the retropharyngeal space causing a midline bulge of the posterior pharyngeal wall. Here, we present and discuss a patient with uncontrolled diabetic mellitus who presented with severe odynophagia and dysphagia. He was diagnosed to have prevertebral abscess caused by a rarely reported bacteria, Acinetobacter baumannii.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6051641 |
| spellingShingle | R. Manmathan T. Kumanan J. A. Pradeepan Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient |
| title_full | Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient |
| title_fullStr | Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient |
| title_short | Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient |
| title_sort | acinetobacter prevertebral abscess presenting as dysphagia in a diabetic patient |
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