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Brief Report

A Rare Case of Acute Epiglottitis Due to Staphylococcus aureus in an Adult

by
Clare Harris
1,
Lisa Sharkey
1,
George Koshy
2,
Nicola Simler
2 and
Johannis Andreas Karas
3,*
1
Department of Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospita, Cambridge, UK
2
Department of Anaesthetics and Medicine, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, UK
3
Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Infect. Dis. Rep. 2012, 4(1), e3; https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e3
Submission received: 22 September 2011 / Revised: 25 October 2011 / Accepted: 14 December 2011 / Published: 2 January 2012

Abstract

Epiglottitis has been mainly associated with childhood infection with Haemophilis influenzae type B but cases of adult epiglottitis are increasing. We report here a case of adult epiglottitis and present evidence that it was caused by S. aureus. A 48-year old patient with clinical symptoms of epiglottitis grew Staphylococcus aureus in pure culture from an epiglottal swab. Staphylococcus aureus should be considered as a potential pathogen in adult epiglottitis.
Keywords: epiglottitis; Staphylococcus aureus epiglottitis; Staphylococcus aureus

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Harris, C.; Sharkey, L.; Koshy, G.; Simler, N.; Karas, J.A. A Rare Case of Acute Epiglottitis Due to Staphylococcus aureus in an Adult. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2012, 4, e3. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e3

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Harris C, Sharkey L, Koshy G, Simler N, Karas JA. A Rare Case of Acute Epiglottitis Due to Staphylococcus aureus in an Adult. Infectious Disease Reports. 2012; 4(1):e3. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e3

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Harris, Clare, Lisa Sharkey, George Koshy, Nicola Simler, and Johannis Andreas Karas. 2012. "A Rare Case of Acute Epiglottitis Due to Staphylococcus aureus in an Adult" Infectious Disease Reports 4, no. 1: e3. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e3

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Harris, C., Sharkey, L., Koshy, G., Simler, N., & Karas, J. A. (2012). A Rare Case of Acute Epiglottitis Due to Staphylococcus aureus in an Adult. Infectious Disease Reports, 4(1), e3. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e3

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