Abstract
Infections of uvula have been described in association with group A streptococcal pharyngitis (Rapkin, JAMI, 43, 1980, 1843), or Haemolytic influenzae type b epiglottitis. Medicine (Gorjinkel HJ, 58, 1979, 80) however, to our knowledge, only two cases of isolated uvulitis are reported in world literature. We report five cases of isolated uvulitis in adults.
Key Words: Epiglottitis, isolated uvulitis, pharyngitis
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