RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Bacterial tracheitis in Down's syndrome.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 962
OP 963
DO 10.1136/adc.62.9.962
VO 62
IS 9
A1 Cant, A J
A1 Gibson, P J
A1 West, R J
YR 1987
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/62/9/962.abstract
AB Four children with Down's syndrome and bacterial tracheitis are described. In three the infection was due to Haemophilus influenza. In patients with Down's syndrome presenting with stridor tracheitis should be considered and appropriate treatment started.