INFECTIOUS PSEUDOMONAS SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS OCCURRING IN A PATIENT WITH ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is emerging as an increasingly common opportuni stic infective agent in the immunocompromised human immunodeficiency v irus (HIV) positive patient (Kielhofner et al., 1992). Improvements in the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV and a cquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has led to longer life expect ancy (Graham et al., 1992), and this has changed the incidence of Pseu domonas aeruginosa infection in this population (Baron and Hollander, 1993). We present a case of a patient with AIDS who developed a fulmin ant Pseudomonas aeruginosa stenosing subglottic infection. We are unaw are of any previous reports of this particular manifestation of Pseudo monas aeruginosa infection.