tetracycline and Laryngitis

Topics: Acute Disease; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacitracin; Bronchitis; Chloramphenicol; Chronic Disease; Ear Diseases; Humans; Labyrinth Diseases; Laryngitis; Neomycin; Novobiocin; Otitis Externa; Otitis Media; Penicillins; Pneumococcal Infections; Polymyxins; Respiratory Tract Infections; Staphylococcal Infections; Streptococcal Infections; Streptomycin; Tetracycline; Tonsillitis; Tracheal Diseases

Topics: Blood Cell Count; Carrier State; Child, Preschool; Clinical Trials as Topic; Cyanosis; Dexamethasone; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Laryngitis; Male; Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; Respiratory Tract Infections; Tetracycline

Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous disease of the respiratory tract endemic to Eastern Europe and Central America which is being recognized with increasing frequency in other countries, including the United States. It was initially described as a lesion of the nose and upper respiratory tract, but is now known to involve the larynx, trachea and bronchi as well to cause slowly progressive asphyxia. Eleven cases of rhinoscleroma with varying degrees of involvement of the lower respiratory tract (larynx, trachea and bronchi) are presented. Present day treatment is both medical, consisting primarily of streptomycin and tetracycline, and endoscopic dilatation. Prolonged medication with careful dose control is necessary. Lower respiratory tract involvement should be considered in patients with chronic destructive granulomatous nasal pathology. This should be especially emphasized if they have an Eastern European or Central American background, or have travelled in these areas in which rhinoscleroma is endemic.

Topics: Adult; Europe; Female; Humans; Klebsiella Infections; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Laryngitis; Male; Mexico; Middle Aged; Pharyngitis; Recurrence; Rhinitis; Rhinoscleroma; Streptomycin; Tetracycline; Time Factors; United States

Topics: Adult; Balanitis; Drug Hypersensitivity; Humans; Laryngitis; Male; Tetracycline

Topics: Blood; Cephalothin; Culture Media; Dexamethasone; Drug Therapy, Combination; Epiglottis; Gentamicins; Haemophilus Infections; Haemophilus influenzae; Humans; Laryngitis; Male; Middle Aged; Tetracycline

Topics: Aerosols; Anti-Infective Agents, Local; Humans; Laryngitis; Otitis; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Pharyngitis; Sinusitis; Solutions; Tetracycline; Tonsillitis

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Ear Diseases; Female; Furunculosis; Humans; Laryngitis; Male; Middle Aged; Otitis Media; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Pharyngitis; Pyrazoles; Sinusitis; Tetracycline; Tonsillitis

Topics: Acute Disease; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bronchiolitis, Viral; Bronchitis; Chronic Disease; Cross Infection; Humans; Laryngitis; Penicillin Resistance; Penicillins; Pharyngitis; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Tetracycline; Tracheitis

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Female; Humans; Laryngitis; Male; Middle Aged; Otitis; Rhinitis; Tetracycline

Topics: Bacteriological Techniques; Drug Resistance; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Drug Therapy; England; Humans; Laryngitis; Otitis Media; Respiratory Tract Infections; Sinusitis; Streptococcal Infections; Tetracycline

Topics: Betainfluenzavirus; Child; Chloramphenicol; Croup; Diphenhydramine; Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; Humans; Hyaluronoglucosaminidase; Hydrocortisone; Immune Sera; Infant; Influenza B virus; Laryngitis; Orthomyxoviridae; Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Viral; Radiography; Seasons; Tetracycline

Topics: Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Child; Croup; Humans; Humidity; Infant; Laryngitis; Methylprednisolone; Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; Statistics as Topic; Tetracycline; Toxicology