Fulminant meningococcal supraglottitis: An emerging infectious syndrome?

We report a case of fulminant supraglottitis with dramatic external cervical swelling due to associated cellulitis. Blood cultures were positive for Neisseria meningitidis. The patient recovered completely after emergency fiberoptic intubation and appropriate antibiotic therapy. We summarize five ot...

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Autores principales: Schwam, E, Cox, J
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1999
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10341189
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description We report a case of fulminant supraglottitis with dramatic external cervical swelling due to associated cellulitis. Blood cultures were positive for Neisseria meningitidis. The patient recovered completely after emergency fiberoptic intubation and appropriate antibiotic therapy. We summarize five other cases of meningococcal supraglottitis, all reported since 1995, and discuss possible pathophysiologic mechanisms.
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spelling pubmed-26407822009-05-20 Fulminant meningococcal supraglottitis: An emerging infectious syndrome? Schwam, E Cox, J Emerg Infect Dis Research Article We report a case of fulminant supraglottitis with dramatic external cervical swelling due to associated cellulitis. Blood cultures were positive for Neisseria meningitidis. The patient recovered completely after emergency fiberoptic intubation and appropriate antibiotic therapy. We summarize five other cases of meningococcal supraglottitis, all reported since 1995, and discuss possible pathophysiologic mechanisms. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1999 /pmc/articles/PMC2640782/ /pubmed/10341189 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Fulminant meningococcal supraglottitis: An emerging infectious syndrome?
title Fulminant meningococcal supraglottitis: An emerging infectious syndrome?
title_full Fulminant meningococcal supraglottitis: An emerging infectious syndrome?
title_fullStr Fulminant meningococcal supraglottitis: An emerging infectious syndrome?
title_full_unstemmed Fulminant meningococcal supraglottitis: An emerging infectious syndrome?
title_short Fulminant meningococcal supraglottitis: An emerging infectious syndrome?
title_sort fulminant meningococcal supraglottitis: an emerging infectious syndrome?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10341189
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