Anderson Paul, Solomon Matthew, Ramlatchan Sidhartha, Banerjee Paul, Ganti Latha
Coliseum Medical Centers Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Mercer School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.
Brown University, Providence, RL, USA.
IDCases. 2020 Dec 10;23:e01020. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01020. eCollection 2021.
The authors present a case of a 33-year-old African American male with respiratory diphtheria. The patient was initially assumed to have a peritonsillar abscess before various laboratory tests. He complained of dysphagia, throat pain, and shortness of breath. The patient's physical examination, supported by video laryngoscopy imaging and a CT scan, showed swelling of his pharynx. The patient reports that he was recently incarcerated for one year and did not receive immunizations as a child. Following his diagnosis, the patient was treated and subsequently recovered.
作者报告了一例33岁患有呼吸道白喉的非裔美国男性病例。在进行各种实验室检查之前，该患者最初被假定患有扁桃体周围脓肿。他主诉吞咽困难、咽痛和呼吸急促。患者的体格检查，在视频喉镜成像和CT扫描的辅助下，显示其咽部肿胀。患者报告称他最近被监禁了一年，小时候未接种过疫苗。确诊后，该患者接受了治疗并随后康复。
