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Case reports
A case of neonatal stridor
  1. V Abdullah1,
  2. S K Ng1,
  3. S N Chow2,
  4. F T Yau2,
  5. C A van Hasselt3
  1. 1Department of ENT, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong
  2. 2Department of Pediatrics, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
  3. 3Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  1. Correspondence to:
    Professor van Hasselt, Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;
    andrewvan{at}cuhk.edu.hk

Abstract

A case is reported of a retropharyngeal abscess in a neonate who presented with increasing stridor since birth. Group B streptococcus was cultured from the abscess contents and the maternal birth tract.

  • retropharyngeal abscess
  • group B streptococcus

https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.87.3.F224

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