Isolated necrotizing epiglottitis: Report of a case in a neutropenic patient and review of the literature

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 225-228

  Sengör, Atilla ^a,b,c   Willke, Ayse ^a,b   Aydin, Ömer ^a,b   Gündes, Sibel ^a,b   Almaç, Ahmet ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Medicine ^*

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cytomegalovirus mononucleosis; Isolated necrotizing epiglottitis; Neutropenia; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMIPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATED NECROTIZING EPIGLOTTITIS; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 1542514994     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411300311     Document Type: Review

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