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Despoina Beka Author

Subjects of specialization
antimicrobial

Affiliation
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital of Athens, Greece

Biography

Despoina, ENT consultant in teaching hospital of Athens, PhD at the age of 30s in stapedectomy and quality of life, Msc at the age of 28 in microbiology and deep neck infections, facial plastic 6 months in teaching hospital of Oslo, Norway, special interest in voice, 1 year ENT fellow in stGeorges, voice clinic and Lewisham voice clinic, England and finally special interest in dizziness and tinnitus, observership 3months in UCL, England. 2years ENT training, teaching hospital of Athens Ippokrateion and 2years ,teaching hospital of Thessaly.


Publications

Short Communication Open Access

Microorganisms involved in Deep Neck infection (DNIS) in Greece: detection, identification and susceptibility to Antimicrobials

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Despoina Beka

To determine, from October 2010 to October 2018, the epidemiology of Deep Neck Infections (DNIs), regarding the detection, the identification and the susceptibility to antimicrobials of causative microorganisms, in Thessaly-Central Greece. An analysis of data from a prospective database was conducted Among 610 patients (1, 9/1 male to female ratio, mean age: 39, 24, 17,25) with DNIs, 584 had a single space (95,7%), while the remaining had a multi-space (4,3%) DNI. The most common areas affected were the peritonsillar space (84,6%) followed by the submandibular space (6,5%). Clinical samples were obtained in 462 patients, and were tested by culture and by the application of 16S rRNA PCR. One hundred fifty-five samples (55,2%) gave positive cultures, in which Streptococcus pyogenes and St... view moreĀ»

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