title: [Special infections of the respiratory tract in children].
abstract: Inspiratory or exspiratory stridor associated with dyspnea represents a common pediatric symptomatology compatible with various diseases which usually are of infectious etiology. The causative obstruction of the infantile airways may lead to life-threatening respiratory failure. A review is conducted of the most important emergencies characterized by stridor and dyspnea in early childhood: croup syndromes (acute viral laryngotracheitis, spasmodic croup, bacterial tracheitis), epiglottitis and bronchiolitis.
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications; D001990:Bronchiolitis, Viral / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003440:Croup / Q000209:etiology*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D004826:Epiglottitis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007827:Laryngitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications*; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000150:complications; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Besondere Infektionen des Respirationstraktes beim Kind.