Sphenoid Sinusitis with Haemophilus influenzae Septicemia.
10.3904/kjm.2016.91.3.334
- Author:
Wooyong JEONG
1
;
Young Ah KIM
;
Yoonseon PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Haemophilus influenzae;
Sphenoid sinusitis;
Septicemia
- MeSH:
Adult;
Haemophilus influenzae*;
Haemophilus*;
Humans;
Influenza, Human;
Korea;
Sepsis*;
Sinusitis;
Sphenoid Sinus*;
Sphenoid Sinusitis*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2016;91(3):334-337
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Haemophilus influenzae grows both aerobically and anaerobically and is an exclusively human pathogen. We present a case of septicemia originating from unilateral sphenoid sinusitis caused by non-typeable H. influenzae. No reports of sinusitis presenting as septicemia in a healthy young immunocompetent adult in South Korea have previously been published.
