%0 Journal Article %A Jorge Guerrero %A Pavan Mallur %A Erik Folch %A Colleen Keyes %A Isaac E Stillman %A Sidhu P Gangadharan %A Adnan Majid %T Necrotizing Tracheitis Secondary to Corynebacterium Species Presenting With Central Airway Obstruction %D 2014 %R 10.4187/respcare.02150 %J Respiratory Care %P e5-e8 %V 59 %N 1 %X 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. %U https://rc.rcjournal.com/content/respcare/59/1/e5.full.pdf