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INFECTIOUS DISEASE REPORTS
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 6-8Publisher
PAGEPRESS PUBL
DOI: 10.4081/idr.2012.e3
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epiglottitis; staphylococcus aureus
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Epiglottitis has been mainly associated with childhood infection with Haemophilis influence 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 Staphylococcus 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.
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