Acute Epiglottitis in the Immunocompromised Host: Case Report and Review of the Literature

We present a case of acute epiglottitis in a 16-year-old with severe aplastic anemia. He was admitted with a history suggestive of a severe upper airway infection and an absolute neutrophil count of 0 per cubic millimeter. Despite his immunocompromised state, he presented with the classical signs an...

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Autores principales: Chen, Cheng, Natarajan, Mukil, Bianchi, David, Aue, Georg, Powers, John H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5846294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29564363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy038

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5846294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29564363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy038

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