Complicated Posterior Cervical Skin and Soft Tissue Infections at a Single Referral Center

Table 3

Patients presenting characteristics of posterior deep neck infection.

Clinical characteristics	(%)
Neck pain	158 (90.8)
Neck swelling	148 (85.1)
Neck erythema	134 (77.0)
Localized increase in temperature	128 (73.6)
Fever	112 (64.4)
Restricted neck movement	86 (49.4)
Neck skin fistulization	52 (29.9)
Inadequate incision and drainage of neck abscess	16 (9.2)

Given patient might present more than one symptom/sign.