Descending necrotising mediastinitis
A previously healthy male toddler presented to hospital with fever, neck pain, torticollis and dysphonia, preceded by 4 days of vomiting, diarrhoea and lethargy. He tested positive for adenovirus and rhinoenterovirus on a nasopharyngeal aspirate PCR. He had a negative blood culture and lumbar
Authors
- J Cox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2308-5694)
- Sinead Harty
- John Russell
- Angela Byrne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-4861)
- Jonathan McGuinness
- Sarah Geoghegan
Institutions
- Government ENT Hospital (IN)
- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin (IE)
- Office of Infectious Diseases (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2024-264342
- Primary Topic
- Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00