Acute epiglottitis due to serratia marcescens in an immunocompetent adult

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 344, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-154

  Musham, Chaitanya K ^a   Jarathi, Archana ^a   Agarwal, Abhishek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Epiglottitis; Serratia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AZITHROMYCIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTUBATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MYOSITIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEUTROPENIA; PHARYNGITIS; SEPTICEMIA; SERRATIA INFECTION; SORE THROAT; STRIDOR; TRACHEOSTOMY; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 84864369490     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31824dd1df     Document Type: Article

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