Fulminant supraglottitis from Neisseria meningitidis.(Letter to the editor)(Clinical report)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: March 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

To the Editor: A 68-year-old Caucasian woman with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and peripheral vascular disease sought treatment at an emergency department after experiencing 2 days of pharyngitis and 1 day of fatigue and dysphagia for solid food. The morning of admission she noted dysphagia for solid food and liquids, dysphonia, severe anterior neck pain, neck swelling and erythema, dyspnea, and a temperature of 102.3[degrees]F (39[degrees]C). A computed tomographic (CT) scan demonstrated substantial neck soft tissue edema and narrowing of the oropharynx ...

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