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Invasive laryngeal candidiasis is an uncommon cause of epiglottitis, seen most often in immuno-compromised or antibiotic-treated patients. We present the clinical and radiographic findings in an HIV-infected infant who developed significant stridor due to candidal epiglottitis. Stridor or hoarseness of unknown cause in an immunocompromised patient should lead to prompt evaluation for opportunistic laryngeal infection.
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Editorial note This is the first of an ongoing series of interesting presentations of HIV infection. We welcome such reports. They should be brief, not merely reports of previously well known manifestations. The hope is that we will rapidly increase our awareness of the ever-growing manifestations of HIV infection.
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Balsam, D., Sorrano, D. & Barax, C. Candida epiglottitis presenting as stridor in a child with HIV infection. Pediatr Radiol 22, 235–236 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02012509
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02012509