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Jonas T. Johnson, MD; Stephen L. Liston, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1987;113(2):204-205.

Abstract
• Bacterial tracheitis is characterized by acute upper airway obstruction in which indirect laryngoscopy is normal. Roentgenograms reveal an irregular tracheal air column. Endoscopic evaluation demonstrates a normal supraglottic and glottic larynx with purulent debris, mucosal ulcerations, and edema of the subglottic larynx and trachea. To our knowledge, this entity has not been previously described in an adult. We report herein three cases of bacterial tracheitis in adults.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1987;113:204-205)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otolaryngology, Eye and Ear Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Dr Johnson), and the Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Dr Liston).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 15, 1986.

Reprint requests to Department of Otolaryngology, Eye and Ear Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (Dr Johnson).

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