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Isolated uvulitis: An uncommon but not a rare clinical entity

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Infections of uvula have been described in association with group A streptococcal pharyngitis (Rapkin, JAMI, 43, 1980, 1843), or Haemolytic influenzae type b epiglottitis. Medicine (Gorjinkel HJ, 58, 1979, 80) however, to our knowledge, only two cases of isolated uvulitis are reported in world literature. We report five cases of isolated uvulitis in adults.

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  1. Department of ENT, BLDEA's Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Bijapur, India

    H. T. Lathadevi, R. N. Karadi, R. V. Thobbi, S. P. Guggarigoudar & N. H. Kulkarni

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Lathadevi, H.T., Karadi, R.N., Thobbi, R.V. et al. Isolated uvulitis: An uncommon but not a rare clinical entity. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 57, 139–140 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907669

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