An Atypical Cause of an Epiglottic Abscess

An epiglottic abscess is a rare complication of acute epiglottitis and is life threatening. We describe a case report of a diabetic adult male, who presented with an epiglottic abscess. Culture results showed Aeromonas hydrophila, an organism rarely reported as a cause of acute epiglottitis. Early r...

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Autores principales: Rabeea, Muneera, Al Ansari, Hasan, Al Abdulla, Amal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6930718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31915555
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9674852
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author Rabeea, Muneera
Al Ansari, Hasan
Al Abdulla, Amal
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description An epiglottic abscess is a rare complication of acute epiglottitis and is life threatening. We describe a case report of a diabetic adult male, who presented with an epiglottic abscess. Culture results showed Aeromonas hydrophila, an organism rarely reported as a cause of acute epiglottitis. Early recognition can be lifesaving.
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spelling pubmed-69307182020-01-08 An Atypical Cause of an Epiglottic Abscess Rabeea, Muneera Al Ansari, Hasan Al Abdulla, Amal Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report An epiglottic abscess is a rare complication of acute epiglottitis and is life threatening. We describe a case report of a diabetic adult male, who presented with an epiglottic abscess. Culture results showed Aeromonas hydrophila, an organism rarely reported as a cause of acute epiglottitis. Early recognition can be lifesaving. Hindawi 2019-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6930718/ /pubmed/31915555 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9674852 Text en Copyright © 2019 Muneera Rabeea et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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