PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Guerrero, Jorge
AU  - Mallur, Pavan
AU  - Folch, Erik
AU  - Keyes, Colleen
AU  - Stillman, Isaac E
AU  - Gangadharan, Sidhu P
AU  - Majid, Adnan
TI  - Necrotizing Tracheitis Secondary to Corynebacterium Species Presenting With Central Airway Obstruction
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.02150
DP  - 2014 Jan 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - e5--e8
VI  - 59
IP  - 1
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/59/1/e5.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/59/1/e5.full
AB  - Pseudomembranous necrotizing tracheitis is a rare cause of life-threatening central airway obstruction. Patients present with hoarseness, cough, dyspnea, wheezing, stridor, and occasionally with respiratory failure. Diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion, and should be confirmed with a comprehensive bronchoscopy and biopsy. For patients with signs and symptoms of airway obstruction, a therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy with mechanical debridement is recommended. We present a rare case of necrotizing tracheitis secondary to Corynebacterium species, which caused life-threatening airway obstruction in an adult.