A rare encounter with acute epiglottitis
We describe a rare encounter with a 6-year old Indian boy admitted with acute epiglottitis due to Haemophilis influenzae. Acute epiglottitis is an uncommon cause of life threatening upper airway obstruction and a rare presentation of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease in this regio...
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Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
2001
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/24505/ https://jummec.um.edu.my/issue/view/713/Vol.6%2C%20Issue%201%2C%202001 |
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| Summary: | We describe a rare encounter with a 6-year old Indian boy admitted with acute epiglottitis due to Haemophilis influenzae. Acute epiglottitis is an uncommon cause of life threatening upper airway obstruction and a rare presentation of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease in this region, compared to the more developed West. The cause for this observation is often attributed to differences in the genetic predisposition and socio-economic parameters. The organism subtype and the host response have been shown to determine the type of invasive Hib disease. However, the evidence to explain this difference is poorly understood and remains and intriguing enigma |
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