tracheitis (DOID:9392)
Alliance: disease page
Synonyms: acute tracheitis; chronic tracheitis
Alt IDs: DOID:0050149, DOID:9391, ICD10CM:J04.1, ICD9CM:464.1, MESH:D014136, NCI:C78643, UMLS_CUI:C0040584, UMLS_CUI:C0149513
Definition: A tracheal disease which involves bacterial infection of the trachea often caused by Staphylococcus aureus and streptococci that follows a recent viral upper respiratory infection. The symptoms include barking croup cough, loud squeaking noise while breathing, scratchy feeling in the throat, high fever, and production of large amounts of pus-filled secretions.