Bacteriological analysis based on disease severity and clinical characteristics in patients with deep neck space abscess

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 280 - 11
• Main Authors: Gao, Wenxiang, Lin, Yu, Yue, Huijun, Chen, Weixiong, Liu, Tianrun, Ye, Jin, Cai, Qian, Ye, Fei, He, Long, Xie, Xingqiang, Xiong, Guoping, Wu, Jianhui, Wang, Bin, Wen, Weiping, Lei, Wenbin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 23.03.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abscess; Abscess - drug therapy; Abscess - microbiology; Abscesses; Airway management; Analysis; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiosis; Antibiotics; Bacteria; Bacterial analysis; Bacterial infections; Calibration; Care and treatment; Clinical characteristics; Deep neck space abscess; Diabetes mellitus; Diagnosis; Disease; Disease severity; Dosage and administration; Dyspnea; Gas formation; Gram-staining strains; Health care facilities; Health services; Humans; Illnesses; Infections; Infectious diseases; Laboratories; Metagenomics; Multidrug resistance; Neck; Neck - microbiology; Neutrophils; Nomograms; Patients; Pneumonia; Prediction models; Prevention; Regression analysis; Risk factors; Sepsis; Severity of Illness Index; Statistical analysis; Strains (organisms); China; Guangdong China; Disease severity; Gram-staining strains; Clinical characteristics; Deep neck space abscess; Bacterial analysis

Deep neck space abscess (DNSA) is a serious infection in the head and neck. Antibiotic therapy is an important treatment in patients with DNSA. However, the results of bacterial culture need at least 48 h, and the positive rate is only 30-50%, indicating that the use of empiric antibiotic treatment...