Table 4 Characteristics of 34 well-described patients with peritonsillar abscess (PTA) and necrotizing fasciitis (NF)

Wills [42]

35

M

S. maltophilia; VGS; B. melaninogenicus

Spon perf

Iv. pen

Survived

Wenig [43]

50

M

AHS; F. nucleatum; E. lentum; B. melaninogenicus; P. anaerobius; E. cloacae; S. epidermidis; Klebsiella spp.; P. aeruginosa

Simultaneous^a

Died

Wenig [63]

50

M

AHS; E. coli; mitis group strep.; S. san-guis; S. faecalis; B. fragilis; B. mela-ninogenicus; Corynebacterium spp.

Incision

Iv. cefazolin

Died

Pedersen [37]

67

M

No cultures

Simultaneous^a

Died

Lalwani [44]

33

M

GCS; B. melaninogenicus

Incision

Im. pen

Survived

Tovi [43]

20

M

Enterobacter spp.; P. mirabilis; K. pneumoniae

NI^b

Died

Scott [46]

51

M

Milleri group strep; NHS; anaerobes

Drainage

Iv. cefo, fluclo, metro

Survived

Maisel [50]

29

M

VGS

NI^b

Survived

Jackson [47]

63

M

E. lentum; P. anaerobius; B. fragilis

Drainage

None

Survived

Greinwald [45]

65

M

GAS; S. epidermidis

Incision

Iv. ampicillin

Survived

Hadfield [48]

53

M

GCS; Bacteroides spp.

Incision

Iv. cefo, metro

Survived

Skitalic [51]

50

F

S. epidermidis; (GAS antibodies)

Simultaneous^a

Survived

Djupesland [52]

39

M

GAS

Simultaneous^a

Died

Djupesland [52]

36

M

Milleri group strep.; Bacteroides spp.

Asp

Iv. pen, tobra, metro

Survived

Nielsen [58]

NI

NI

GCS

NI^b

Died

Safak [49]

43

F

GAS; CNS; Enterococci

Drainage

Iv. pen, im. chlor

Survived

Goldenberg [53]

53

F

BHS

Incision

Iv. pen → pip-tazo

Survived

Vaid [61]

55

M

GAS

Simultaneous^a

Survived

Beninsegna [41]

58

M

S. epidermidis

Acute tons

Iv. ampicillin, metro

Survived

Beninsegna [41]

80

M

GAS; Peptostreptococcus spp.; C. albicans

Incision

Iv. ampicillin, metro

Survived

Losanoff [54]

54

M

NHS; Peptostreptococcus spp.

No

Iv. ceftriaxo-ne, amoxicillin

Survived

Bono [55]

60

M

No cultures

Spon perf

Iv. ceftriaxo-rine, metro

Died

Wolf [57]

62

M

GAS

NI^b

Survived

Wolf [57]

49

M

NHS

NI^b

Survived

Andres [56]

87

F

Staphylococci

NI^b

Survived

Andres [56]

64

F

Staphylococci; Gram-negative rod

NI^b

Survived

Andres [56]

44

M

Staphylococci; Gram-negative rod; C. albicans

NI^b

Survived

Andres [56]

44

M

Staphylococci; Gram-negative rod; C. albicans

NI^b

Survived

Horváth [59]

55

M

No bacterial growth

NI^b

Survived

Horváth [59]

61

F

Parvimonas micra

NI^b

Survived

Flores [62]

38

M

S. constellatus, Peptostreptococcus spp., Prevotella spp.

Simultaneous^a

Survived

Brown [64]

56

M

Prevotella spp; CNS

Incision

Clindamycin

Survived

Irani [66]

33

M

S. aureus

Incision

Iv. antibiotics

Survived

Burstin [65]

47

F

Milleri group strep.; anaerobes

No

Iv. antibiotics

Survived