The Open Infectious Diseases Journal

2018, 10 : 134-138
Published online 2018 October 17. DOI: 10.2174/1874279301810010134
Publisher ID: TOIDJ-10-134

CASE REPORT
 Cervical Abscess in the Newborn: About Two Cases

Nadia El Idrissi Slitine , Ibtissam Khattou, * , Fatiha Bennaoui and Fadl Mrabih Rabou Maoulainine
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Mohammed VI University Hospital, Research Team: l’Enfance, la Santé et le Développement, Cadi yyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco

* Address correspondence to this author at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Mohammed VI University Hospital, Research Team: l’Enfance, la Santé et le Développement, Cadi yyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco; Tel: +212678672677; E-mail: Khattou@live.fr

ABSTRACT

A cervical abscess is defined as a collection of pus in the structures of the neck, sometimes called deep neck infection or neck abscess. It is unusual in neonatal period. In this paper, the authors present two cases of neonatal neck abscess admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit of Mohammed VI University Hospital, Marrakesh (Morocco). The first case is caused by a neonatal infection; the second case is post-traumatic.

Keywords:

Antibiotics, Deep neck infection, Newborn, , Lumbar punture, Laterocervical.