Supraglottitis
"Supraglottitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Inflammation of the EPIGLOTTIS and supraglottic structures including the PHARYNX; UVULA; base of tongue; and aryepiglottic folds. It is usually caused by HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE in children but often by different organisms in adults.
| Descriptor ID |
D059525
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.360.840 C08.730.798 C09.400.840
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Supraglottitis" by people in Profiles.
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deSante-Bertkau JE, Shubkin CD, Nelson WA, Salter EK, Lantos JD. When Specialty Care Is Unavailable to Rural Families. Pediatrics. 2019 12; 144(6).