A Diagnostic Challenge: Necrotizing Retropharyngeal Lymphadenitis With Microbiologically Supported Multifocal Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection and a Tularemia-Like Presentation
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: was isolated from ear discharge, a deep tracheal aspirate, and a pustular skin lesion, supporting a clinically significant multifocal infection at the sampled sites. Blood cultures remained negative, and the retropharyngeal lesions were not sampled; therefore, their microbiological etiology could not be established. The child improved with antimicrobial therapy and multidisciplinary management. This case highlights the importance of distinguishing microbiologically confirmed infection from anatomically plausible but unproven causal associations when epidemiologic, radiologic, and microbiological findings do not fully align.
Source: Cureus
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7204706480