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- Title
Fulminant Epiglottitis with Evolution to Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections and Fasciitis due to Aeromonas hydrophila.
- Authors
Apisarnthanarak, A.; Pheerapiboon, P.; Apisarnthanarak, P.; Kiratisin, P.; Mundy, L.
- Abstract
This article reports on fulminant epiglottitis with evolution to necrotizing soft tissue infection and fasciitis caused by Aeromonas hydrophila. A case of a 61-year-old man with known cirrhosis is presented to the emergency room with sore throat, fever, muffled voice, and dysphagia. Epiglottitis has a wide geographic variation in incidence as well as risk factors. Lateral neck films showing an enlarged epiglottis are helpful, but sometimes absent in severe disease. Typical microorganisms associated with epiglottitis in adults include Straphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus parainfluenzae, and Streptococcus pyogenes.
- Subjects
EPIGLOTTIS; EPIGLOTTIS diseases; STREPTOCOCCUS; MICROORGANISMS; STREPTOCOCCUS pneumoniae; FEVER; DEGLUTITION disorders; THROAT diseases; HAEMOPHILUS parainfluenzae
- Publication
Infection, 2008, Vol 36, Issue 1, p94
- ISSN
0300-8126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-007-7118-4