title: Isolated uvulitis: An uncommon but not a rare clinical entity.
abstract: Infections of uvula have been described in association with group A streptococcal pharyngitis (Rapkin, JAMI, 43, 1980, 1843), or Haemolytic influenzae type b epiglottitis. Medicine (Gorjinkel HJ, 58, 1979, 80) however, to our knowledge, only two cases of isolated uvulitis are reported in world literature. We report five cases of isolated uvulitis in adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, BLDEA's Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Bijapur, India.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Lathadevi
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Karadi
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Thobbi
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Guggarigoudar
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
keywords: Epiglottitis; isolated uvulitis; pharyngitis