Epiglottitis.

Epiglottitis is an uncommon but life-threatening disease. While the most common infectious causes are the typical respiratory pathogens, is a rare causative organism. We present a case of epiglottitis diagnosed by blood culture. The patient required intubation but was successfully treated medically. is a rare cause of epiglottitis; this is the ninth reported case in the literature. Most diagnoses are made from blood culture and patients usually have an exposure to animals.