Acute airway obstruction by Ascaris lumbricoides in a 14-month-old boy
(2014)
Journal Article
Gan, R. W. C., Gohil, R., Belfield, K., Davies, P., & Daniel, M. (2014). Acute airway obstruction by Ascaris lumbricoides in a 14-month-old boy. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 78(10), 1795-1798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.07.031
We describe the case of a 14-month-old child with airway obstruction caused by a mature Ascaris lumbricoides worm. The child had been admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit due to overwhelming sepsis, and during the course of his illness deve... Read More about Acute airway obstruction by Ascaris lumbricoides in a 14-month-old boy.