| Literature DB >> 102148 |
G D Shackelford, M J Siegel, W H McAlister.
Abstract
Analysis of airway radiographs of 20 children with proven acute epiglottitis revealed that five (25%) had, in addition to supraglottic edema, localized subglottic edema radiographically indistinguishable from that seen in croup. In all five patients the etiologic organism was Hemophilus influenzae type B.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 102148 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.131.4.603
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol ISSN: 0361-803X Impact factor: 3.959