title: Candida epiglottitis in an adolescent with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: We report a case of an adolescent with human immunodeficiency virus infection who presented with epiglottitis caused by Candida albicans. This patient's symptom was severe oropharyngeal thrush without the classic manifestations of epiglottitis. Atypical organisms can cause epiglottitis in immunocompromised adolescents and they can have mild symptoms.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Niraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.forename: Gwendolyn B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Josephson
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000382:microbiology*; D004826:Epiglottitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans