Acute myeloid leukaemia presenting with acute Branhamella catarrhalis epiglottitis.
Acute supraglottic laryngitis and epiglottitis is increasingly recognised in adults. We present a case in which the condition was the presenting feature of acute myeloid leukaemia and in which Branhamella catarrhalis was the causative organism.
Vernham
G A
GA
Department of Otolaryngology, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
Crowther
J A
JA
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D004826:Epiglottitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections