Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient

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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Main Authors: R. Manmathan, T. Kumanan, J. A. Pradeepan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6051641
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spelling doaj-9464b3bb71ed4b7bbbd771f8da0f03242020-11-24T20:41:41ZengHindawi LimitedCase 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
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author R. Manmathan
T. Kumanan
J. A. Pradeepan
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T. Kumanan
J. A. Pradeepan
Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
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T. Kumanan
J. A. Pradeepan
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title Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient
title_short 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
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publisher Hindawi Limited
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2090-6633
publishDate 2018-01-01
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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