The age of patients in this study ranged from 1 to 95 years
old, with a mean age of 37. This data is similar to many other
investigations of head and neck infections. Kannangara
et al.’s23 study was similar, with a range of 6e79 years old.
Sethi and Stanley7 reported a similar range of 3e87 years old.
Sakaguchi et al.’s4 study corresponds most closely to this
study, with a range of 1e81 and a mean age of 36 years.