Infective Uvulitis in a Child
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Lisa Gamalero; Paola Cogo; Eva Passone; Anna Pusiol; Carlo De Pieri; Elena Valentini
- Source
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Haemophilus Infections
Streptococcus pyogenes
medicine.drug_class
Epiglottitis
medicine.disease_cause
Intravenous antibiotic therapy
Group A
Haemophilus
medicine
Humans
Child
Stomatitis
biology
Streptococcus
business.industry
fungi
food and beverages
Pharyngitis
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Dermatology
Uvula
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Emergency Medicine
Corticosteroid
Female
Streptococcus pharyngitis
business
- Language
- English
Infective uvulitis is a rare condition in children. In this report, we describe the case of a 4-year old-patient who presented a group A Streptococcus pharyngitis with uvulitis. No signs of epiglottitis were detected at nasal fibroscopy. She recovered rapidly with intravenous antibiotic therapy and 2 days of corticosteroid. Uvulitis is usually caused by group A Streptococcus or Haemophilus influentiae, but also other bacteria can be detected. Uvulitis can be isolated, or it can occur with epiglottitis and become an emergency.