PEDIATRICS Vol. 105 No. 1 January 2000, p. e13
ELECTRONIC ARTICLE:
Post-Varicella Epiglottitis and Necrotizing Fasciitis
Received Jun 22, 1999; accepted Aug 17, 1999.
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From the Departments of * Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,
Anesthesiology, and § Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado
School of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado.
Varicella is a nearly ubiquitous acquired
childhood disease. Infectious complications of varicella can be life-
or limb-threatening. These complications appear 3 to 4 days after the
appearance of varicella exanthem and are heralded by fever, pain, and
erythema of the overlying skin. Airway complications of varicella are
rare, rapidly evolving, and, unfortunately, difficult to visualize. We
report a child who presented with a unique combination of
varicella-induced airway complications
acute epiglottitis and
subsequent necrotizing fasciitis of the head and neck.
varicella, epiglottitis, necrotizing fasciitis, group A
-hemolytic streptococcus, nasopharyngoscopy.
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