Uvulitis caused by anaerobic bacteria.

OBJECTIVE

I present two children with bacteremic uvulitis due to anaerobic bacteria.

RESULTS

Fusobacterium nucleatum was recovered from the blood, and Haemophilus influenzae type b was recovered from a surface uvular culture of one patient. beta-Lactamase-producing Prevotella intermedia was isolated for the blood of the other patient. Both patients responded to parenteral, followed by oral, antimicrobial therapy.

CONCLUSIONS

These findings illustrate the need to send blood cultures for both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in patients with uvulitis.