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

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 Staphylococcus aureus. A 48-year old patient with clinical sympto...

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Autores principales: Harris, Clare, Sharkey, Lisa, Koshy, George, Simler, Nicola, Karas, Johannis Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470933
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470933
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e3

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