Long-Term Trends in Microbiology and Outcomes of Pediatric Deep Neck Infections: An 18-Year Study
Fang-Ching Liu, Pei-Rung Yang, Yao-Te Tsai, Yao-Hsu Yang, Chia-Yen Liu, Geng-He Chang · 2026
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Fang-Ching Liu and colleagues trace in 2026 eighteen years of deep neck infections in Taiwanese children, a condition that can close airways and kill. Data came from the island's largest medical system, covering hospitalized patients under 18 from 2006 to 2023. Germs, treatments, and outcomes were compared across two nine-year halves.
Of 1,743 cases, treatment shifted toward antibiotics alone, with surgery falling from about 9 to 6 percent. Intensive care admissions and chest complications also declined, while deaths stayed near zero. Germ patterns moved too: staphylococcus rose as streptococcus fell, drug-resistant staph became the leading aerobe, and one anaerobe species replaced another at the top. First-choice antibiotics should follow those shifts.
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| CREATOR | Fang-Ching Liu, Pei-Rung Yang, Yao-Te Tsai, Yao-Hsu Yang, Chia-Yen Liu, Geng-He Chang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39595 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |