Kessler H A, Schade R, Trenholme G M, Jupa J E, Levin S
Scand J Infect Dis. 1980;12(3):207-10. doi: 10.3109/inf.1980.12.issue-3.07.
3 cases of acute bacterial epiglottitis in immunocompromised adults are reported. All were due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, an unusual pathogen in this disease. Only 1 other case of acute bacterial epiglottitis also due to S. pneumoniae has been reported in an immunocompromised adult. The occurrence of this disease in 4 immunocompromised adults suggest that an Arthus reaction may not be important in the pathogenesis of acute epiglottitis due to S. pneumoniae.
报告了3例免疫功能低下成人的急性细菌性会厌炎病例。所有病例均由肺炎链球菌引起，这在该疾病中是一种不常见的病原体。在免疫功能低下的成人中，仅另有1例急性细菌性会厌炎也是由肺炎链球菌引起的病例被报道。4例免疫功能低下成人发生这种疾病表明，阿瑟斯反应在肺炎链球菌所致急性会厌炎的发病机制中可能并不重要。
