A case of neonatal stridor
- 1Department of ENT, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong
- 2Department of Pediatrics, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
- 3Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- 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
- Accepted 28 May 2002
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.
