Volume 13, Number 3—March 2007

Letter

Fulminant Supraglottitis from Neisseria meningitidis

Mark G. Kortepeter* , Brian L. Adams†, Wendell D. Zollinger‡, and Robert A. Gasser*

Author affiliations: *Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA; †Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington, USA; ‡Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA;

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Figure. Top, anterior and lateral views of patient on day 1 of receiving antimicrobial drugs, demonstrating neck erythema and edema. Bottom, anterior and lateral views of patient on day 8 of receiving antimicrobial drugs, demonstrating resolution of neck erythema and edema.

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