Bacterial tracheitis - A life threatening cause of stridor: A case report

• Main Authors: Prasanna Narayanan Raju (Author), M Manu (Author), Pradheep Subramanian Raju (Author), C Ravikumar (Author), Raju Subramanian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bacterial tracheitis is an invasive bacterial infection of the trachea. It is an uncommon cause of life-threatening airway obstruction in children without an artificial airway, with an incidence of 0.1 per 1 lakh children per year. The clinical presentation is similar to viral croup and disease prog...