An intubated 7-month-old infant with a retropharyngeal abscess and multidrug-resistant Streptococcus mitis

Abstract

The profile of antimicrobial resistance (ie, antibiogram) may be disparate between children and adults. An infant developed severe deep neck infection with a multidrug-resistant microbe. The microbe was more drug-resistant in children than in adults, in our hospital. Treatment of a child should be guided by the antibiogram obtained from children.