Lingual Abscess: Predisposing Factors, Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Management

Table 2

Investigation, management, and clinical outcome.

	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5	Patient 6
Imaging	CT w/ contrast	None	CT w/ contrast	CT w/ contrast	CT w/ contrast	None
WBC (cell/mm^3)	9300	4500	14500	12100	5500	5800
Pathogen	Streptococcus viridans	No growth	Acinetobacter lwoffii	Beta-haemolytic non-group A,B,D Streptococci spp.	Streptococcus viridans	No growth
Intravenous antibiotics	Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid + ceftriaxone	Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid + ceftriaxone	Clindamycin + ceftriaxone	Clindamycin + ceftriaxone	Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid + ceftriaxone	Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid
Duration for antibiotic (IV + oral form)	2 weeks	10 days	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	1 week
Anaesthesia	GA	LA	GA	GA	GA	GA
Drainage	Open surgical drainage	Open surgical drainage	Open surgical drainage	Open surgical drainage	Open surgical drainage	Open surgical drainage
Airway management	Tracheostomy	None	ETT	Tracheostomy	ETT	None
Complication	Impending upper airway obstruction	None	Sepsis	Sepsis, Impending upper airway obstruction	None	None
Outcome	Decannulation Day 6; Good	Good	Good	Decannulation Day 5; Good	Good	Good

CT: computer tomographic scan, WBC: white blood count, IV: intravenous, GA: general anaesthesia, LA: local anaesthesia, ETT: endotracheal intubation.