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Postgrad Med J 2001;77:261-262 doi:10.1136/pmj.77.906.261
  • Case report

It could only happen to a doctor—Haemophilus aphrophilus septicaemia complicated by a prevertebral infection after dental work

  1. A Poullis,
  2. S R Gould,
  3. A G Lim
  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Epsom General Hospital, Surrey, UK
  1. Dr A Poullis, Department of Gastroenterology, Epsom General Hospital, Dorking Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 7EG, UKapoullis{at}sghms.ac.uk
  • Received 3 February 2000
  • Accepted 29 August 2000

Abstract

A 53 year old man presented with severe neck pain and a flu-like illness; he had recently returned from Sri Lanka and had had dental treatment six days before illness onset. Blood culture showed infection by Haemophilus aphrophilus. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed and exploratory surgery undertaken. The prevertebral cervical fascia was inflamed but no abscess identified. He was treated with antibiotics and made an uneventful recovery.

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