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Query: UMLS:C0004610 (
bacteremia
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
We report an unusual case of a neonate with
aphonia
due to epiglottitis with a concomitant methicillin-resistant S taphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection of the genitalia and associated septic emboli to the groin area and mouth. We postulate that the MRSA infection caused a transient
bacteremia
that seeded the epiglottis, likely causing the epiglottitis. In the evaluation of a neonate with
aphonia
, while the two primary differentials to consider are vocal cord paralysis and laryngeal web, among other considerations is epiglottitis (supraglottitis).
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PMID:Aphonia and epiglottitis in neonate with concomitant MRSA skin infection. 2547 87
