TABLE 2.

Comparison of F. necrophorum cases arising from ear and throat

Parameter	Value for:
	Ear-associated cases	Throat-associated cases
No. of cases	32	179
Age range	2 mo-51 yr	8 mo-63 yr
Age median	5 yr	19 yr
% Male	44	57
% of cases with:
Positive blood culture	81	89
Deep neck complications	3	15
Jugular venous thrombosis	19	48
Lung lesions	0	77
Empyema	0	15
Other metastatic lesions	9	27
Any intracerebral complication	66	6
Meningitis	41	0.6
Sinus thrombosis	25	2
Mortality	13	6