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ED Clinical Pathway for the Evaluation/Treatment of the Child With
a Suspected Deep Neck Space Infection
URL: />Authors: R. Abaya, MD; M. Joffe, MD; L. Vella, MD; M. Dunn, MD; S.
MacFarland, MD; M. Rizzi, MD; K. Shekdar, MD; R. Bellah, MD; J.
Lavelle, MD
Posted: February 2017, reviewed October 2019

FIGURE 74.1 Incidence by age of infectious mononucleosis in three large studies.

Epiglottitis
The incidence of epiglottitis, a well-appreciated cause of life-threatening upper
airway infection, has declined significantly since the introduction of vaccination
against Haemophilus influenzae type b. This disease manifests with a toxic