Supraglottitis Due to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 in an Adult

We describe a case of HSV-1 supraglottitis in an adult. A 31-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department because of "bizarre behavior" that had started that morning. She was found hitting the wall, shouting at her family, and attempting to run out of her house. A CT scan of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 1996-02, Vol.22 (2), p.382-383
Hauptverfasser:	Bengualid, Victoria, Keesari, Shyam, Kandiah, Vigneswaran, Gitler, David, Berger, Judith
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acyclovir - therapeutic use Adult Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Brief Reports Edema Epiglottitis - complications Epiglottitis - drug therapy Female Glottis - virology Herpes Simplex - complications Herpes Simplex - drug therapy herpes simplex virus 1 Herpesvirus 1, Human - isolation & purification Human herpesvirus 1 Human viral diseases Humans Hypothyroidism Hypothyroidism - complications Infections Infectious diseases Medical sciences Patient assessment Pharynx - virology Viral diseases Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases
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