A decline in cell-mediated or adaptive immunity, which makes older adults prone to pneumonia and urinary tract, skin, and soft tissue infections, characterizes immunosenescence. A review of the available reports on deep neck infection (DNI) (1994–2004) has confirmed that, if life-threatening complications occur, mortality ranged from 7.1% to 41.7%. DNIs in older adults have rarely been investigated.

Aging and deep neck infection. The experience of a tertiary referral center (2000-2009)

MARIONI, GINO;MANZATO, ENZO;STAFFIERI, ALBERTO
2010

Abstract

A decline in cell-mediated or adaptive immunity, which makes older adults prone to pneumonia and urinary tract, skin, and soft tissue infections, characterizes immunosenescence. A review of the available reports on deep neck infection (DNI) (1994–2004) has confirmed that, if life-threatening complications occur, mortality ranged from 7.1% to 41.7%. DNIs in older adults have rarely been investigated.
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