Children's Deep Neck Infections at the Montpellier Hospital
Children's Deep Neck Infections at the Montpellier Hospital
To descride the clinical presentation, diagnosis, management and complications of children
 with a deep neck infection. A retrospective chart review was conducted at the Montpellier
 hospital in France. All children aged less than 18 years who had been admitted with a
 diagnosis of cervical phlegmon, tonsillar abscesses, retropharyngeal or parapharyngeal
 abscesses between January 2015 and December 2017 were included. The investigators collected
 the demographic, biological, radiological data and treatment received of the patients to the
 admision. The results of the bacteriological samples were collected. The investigators
 compared our results to those of the 10-year cohort. The investigators wish to compare the
 duration of hospitalization and the duration of the fever enter the group treated by alone
 antibiotic and the group treated by antibiotic and surgical drainage
Inclusion criteria:

 -  under 18 years old

 -  hospitalized for acute pharyngeal infection ( cervical phlegmon, tonsillar abscesses,
 retropharyngeal or parapharyngeal abscesses)

 Exclusion criteria:

 -  neck infection in the context of immune deficiency

 -  malignancy or post-traumatic disease

 -  others deep neck infections: angina, otitis, sinusitis, ethmoiditis, mastoiditis.