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A rare case of acute epiglottitis due to Staphylococcus aureus in an adult

Infectious Disease Reports, 2012
Epiglottitis has been mainly associated with childhood infection with Haemophilis influenzae type B but cases of adult epiglottitis are increasing. We report here a case of adult epiglottitis and present evidence that it was caused by S. aureus.
Clare Harris, Lisa Sharkey, George Koshy, Nicola Simler, Johannis Andreas Karas   +4 more
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Factors Affecting Patients with Concurrent Deep Neck Infection and Acute Epiglottitis

Diagnostics, 2021
Deep neck infection (DNI) is a serious disease of deep neck spaces that can lead to morbidities and mortality. Acute epiglottitis (AE) is a severe infection of the epiglottis, which can lead to airway obstruction.
Chia-Ying Ho, Yu-Chien Wang, S. Chin, Shih-Lung Chen   +3 more
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Acute epiglottitis in a COVID-19 positive patient

American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
There have been more than 178 million global cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with more than 3.8 million deaths worldwide [1].
P. Cordial, T. Le, J. Neuenschwander
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Aspergillus epiglottitis [PDF]

Cancer, 1983
A 21-year-old woman with acute lymphocytic leukemia developed clinical and radiographic signs of epiglottitis. Premortem and postmortem histologic studies showed invasive aspergillosis; Aspergillus flavus was grown in culture. The necrotizing nature of this infection is explained by the predilection of Aspergillus sp. for invasion of blood vessels. The
R, Bolivar, L G, Gomez, M, Luna, R, Hopfer, G P, Bodey   +4 more
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Infectious and Noninfectious Causes of Epiglottitis in Adults, Review of 24 Patients

Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2015
Objective:The present study reports the etiological differences, clinical features, management, and patient outcomes between infectious and noninfectious causes of epiglottitis in adult patients.Methods:The medical records of 24 patients with infectious ...
İsrafil Orhan, Salih Aydın, Turgut Karlıdağ   +2 more
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Corticosteroids for the common cold [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: The common cold is a frequent illness, which, although benign and self limiting, results in many consultations to primary care and considerable loss of school or work days. Current symptomatic treatments have limited benefit.
Del Mar, Chris B., Glasziou, Paul P., Hayward, Gail, Heneghan, Carl J., Perera, Rafael, Thompson, Matthew J.   +5 more
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Medical Management of Epiglottitis.

Anesthesia Progress, 2020
Epiglottitis is most commonly caused by bacterial infection resulting in inflammation and edema of the epiglottis and neighboring supraglottic structures.
Regina A E Dowdy, Bryant W. Cornelius
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COVID-19 infection presenting with acute epiglottitis

Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2020
In this case report, we present a novel presentation of acute epiglottitis in a patient with severe acute respiratory syndrome—coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) who presented to the emergency room in extremis and respiratory failure requiring emergent ...
Alex Fondaw, Muzamil Arshad, Sabahat Batool, B. Robinson, Toral M Patel   +4 more
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Antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections among children in rural China: a cross-sectional study of outpatient prescriptions [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Overuse of antibiotics contributes to the development of antimicrobial resistance. Objective: This study aims to assess the condition of antibiotic use at health facilities at county, township and village levels in rural Guangxi, China ...
Alves Galvao MG, Anand S, Charan J, Choi KH, Christakis DA, Commission TGZARHaFP, Dong H, Fossum GH, Gelbrand H, Guanyang Zou, Hersh AL, Hu Y, John Walley, Joseph D. Tucker, Jun Zeng, Lee GC, Li C, Li Y, Liang X, Marc C, Mei Lin, Qing Y, Quan H, Reynolds L, Rony Zachariah, Sheng-Zhou Nong LL, Shi L, Simin Deng, Song Y, Steinman MA, Sun Q, Tucker JD, Van Boeckel TP, Vodicka TA, Wang H, Wang J, WHO, WHO, Xiao Y, Xiaolin Wei, Yaeger JP, Yanhong Hu, Yu M, Zhang W, Zhitong Zhang, Zou G   +45 more
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Kehlkopfveränderungen und plötzlicher Tod [PDF]

, 1975
Mehrere in letzter Zeit beobachtete Fälle eines ldquoplötzlichen Todesrdquo durch Kehlkopfveränderungen gaben Anlaß zur eingehenden Erörterung dieser Problematik, zumal im Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität München unter 10 747 Obduktionen in den
Beckmann, G., Eisenmenger, Wolfgang, Tröger, H. D.   +2 more
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