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Article

Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in Three Cases of Necrotizing Infection of the Neck

by
Torbjørn Nedrebø
1,2,*,
Trond Bruun
3,4,
Rune Skjåstad
5,
Gunhild Holmaas
6 and
Steinar Skrede
3,4
1
Hyperbaric Medical Unit, Dept of Occupational Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway
2
Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway
3
Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway
4
Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
5
Department of Microbiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway
6
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Infect. Dis. Rep. 2012, 4(1), e21; https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e21
Submission received: 19 October 2011 / Revised: 29 December 2011 / Accepted: 8 January 2012 / Published: 28 February 2012

Abstract

Necrotizing infections of the head and neck are rare conditions in our hospital. Clinical and microbiological characteristics of three consecutive cases treated in Haukeland University Hospital in western Norway in the year 2010 are described. Two cases of Lemierre’s syndrome and one case with a descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) were diagnosed. All three cases were treated with broad spectrum antibiotics and in two cases surgery was possible. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) with intensive care facilities became recently available at our hospital, and this treatment was used in all these patients regardless of surgery. In one case we describe the use of HBOT on the basis of strong clinical suspicion of anaerobic infection only. Bacterial identification by partial sequencing of the 16SrDNA gene proved to be a useful supplement to conventional culture techniques. All the cases all demonstrated a significant clinical improvement after introduction of HBOT. When HBOT is available, it should be considered as adjunctive treatment in extensive infections with anaerobes.
Keywords: hyperbaric, necrotizing, anaerobic, Lemierre hyperbaric, necrotizing, anaerobic, Lemierre

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Nedrebø, T.; Bruun, T.; Skjåstad, R.; Holmaas, G.; Skrede, S. Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in Three Cases of Necrotizing Infection of the Neck. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2012, 4, e21. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e21

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Nedrebø T, Bruun T, Skjåstad R, Holmaas G, Skrede S. Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in Three Cases of Necrotizing Infection of the Neck. Infectious Disease Reports. 2012; 4(1):e21. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e21

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Nedrebø, Torbjørn, Trond Bruun, Rune Skjåstad, Gunhild Holmaas, and Steinar Skrede. 2012. "Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in Three Cases of Necrotizing Infection of the Neck" Infectious Disease Reports 4, no. 1: e21. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e21

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Nedrebø, T., Bruun, T., Skjåstad, R., Holmaas, G., & Skrede, S. (2012). Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in Three Cases of Necrotizing Infection of the Neck. Infectious Disease Reports, 4(1), e21. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e21

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