Epiglottitis with an abscess caused by Haemophilus parainfluenzae

Marie Louise Juul; Helle Krogh Johansen; Preben Homøe

Epiglottitis with an abscess caused by Haemophilus parainfluenzae

Marie Louise Juul, Helle Krogh Johansen, Preben Homøe

Department of Clinical Medicine

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Abstract

A healthy 23-year-old man was admitted under the diagnosis of acute epiglottitis. Flexible fiber laryngoscopic examination showed a swollen epiglottis with an abscess. Microbiologic swab showed Haemophilus parainfluenzae, non-haemolytic Streptococcus and non-haemolytic Streptococcus salivarius. Only in 1984 a case of acute epiglottitis due to H. parainfluenzae has been described in the literature. Still, in this case we think that H. parainfluenzae was the most likely pathogen causing the abscess.

Original language	English
Journal	Ugeskrift for Laeger
Volume	176
Issue number	12A
Pages (from-to)	2-3
Number of pages	2
ISSN	0041-5782
Publication status	Published - 17 Mar 2014

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Epiglottitis with an abscess caused by Haemophilus parainfluenzae

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