CONCLUSIONS: These predictive factors may be useful in selecting patients with retropharyngeal abscesses who might be treated with intravenous antibiotics alone.

Common types of DNIs include retropharyngeal abscesses, parapharyngeal abscesses ... This research highlighted the challenges of empiric antibiotic treatment, as bacterial cultures often take ...

INTERVENTION: Intravenous antibiotic therapy and surgical ... CONCLUSIONS: Most deep neck abscesses in children are located in the retropharyngeal or in the lateral pharyngeal space medial to ...