Also treated are pathologies in pneumology, tracheitis, bronchitis, bronchial dilation and finally asthma. Bacterial croup may be divided into laryngeal diphtheria, bacterial tracheitis, laryngotracheobronchitis, and laryngotracheobronchopneumonitis. If it is inflamed, a condition known as tracheitis can occur. Other uncommon complications include bacterial tracheitis, pneumonia, and pulmonary edema. Bacterial tracheitis occurs almost entirely in children. Inflammation of the trachea is known as tracheitis. Irritant gas exposures predominantly affect the airways, causing tracheitis, bronchitis, and bronchiolitis. Bacterial tracheitis is a rare complication of influenza infection. Many cases appeared to have infections within the body&colon; pharyngitis, tracheitis, sinusitis, bronchitis, and otitis. The diagnosis of tracheitis requires the direct vision of exudates or pseudomembranes on the trachea. Tracheitis is an inflammation of the trachea. His wife Caroline died of tracheitis at the age of eighty-three on November 15, 1891.