Cellulitis is a rare manifestation of meningococcal disease. We describe the case of a previously healthy 4-month-old female infant who developed periorbital cellulitis associated with meningococcal meningitis. Pediatrics 2005;116:e874–e875. URL: www.pediatrics.org/ cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2005-0694; meningitis, meningococcal disease. ABBREVIATION. CSF, cerebrospinal fluid. Periorbital cellulitis ...

BACKGROUND Acute bacterial cellulitis is a potentially serious infection that commonly recurs. The identification of preventable risk factors could reduce infection-related morbidity and cost and improve patient management. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with lower-limb cellulitis, including both analysis of risk factors associated with cellulitis in either li...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence and associated factors involved in cellulitis with lymphangitis among a group of Korean patients who were being treated for lymphedema. We present our epidemiologic research and we also report a systematic review of these types of cases. METHODS This was a retrospective medical record study among 1,246 patients diagnosed with lymphedema. The study was carr...

BACKGROUND Intraorbital abscess is a very severe infection with ophthalmologic and neurologic complications that are sometimes life-threatening. OBJECTIVE To report the etiologic, clinical, radiologic, and prognostic features of one case of bilateral intraorbital abscesses with intracranial complications. CASE REPORT A 15-year-old Cameroonian girl in a comatose state (11/15 on the Glasgow C...

An early feature of Lyme disease is the distinctive erythema chronicum migrans. Bateman and Lawton described nine patients with Lyme disease who had unilateral or bilateral facial nerve palsies, and in three of these the palsy was associated with this skin lesion.' The induration and erythema seen in my patients may have been those of erythema chronicum migrans. Seven of the patients described ...

DESCRIPTION A full-term baby girl weighing 2.9 kg was born by normal delivery. The anomaly scan at 20 weeks (including a 3D facial scan) was normal. She was born in good condition, but was noticed to have bilateral purple-coloured tense mobile, non-pulsatile masses below the medial canthus (figure 1). At 6 h of age, she had a cyanotic episode with airway obstruction soon after feeding. She unde...

Introduction: Cervicofacial odontogenic cellulitis is a poly-bacterial inflammatory process of the cellulo-adipal tissue involving dental organ. The severity its clinical picture can compromise treatment and cause death. vital prognosis hospitalized patient depends on conformity his management conditions. It in this perspective that study was carried out with aim evaluating care patients hospit...

1. Recognize the difference between periorbital and orbital cellulitis on the basis of history and physical examination findings. 2. Describe the cause, pathophysiology, and management of periorbital and orbital cellulitis. 3. Understand the importance of sinus disease in both periorbital and orbital cellulitis. 4. Know the indications for computed tomography scan and specialist consultation fo...

BACKGROUND Prior studies repeatedly showed that cultures of skin lesions diagnosed as "cellulitis" are usually negative. However, lack of a gold standard for diagnosis (against which culture might be judged) and failure to assess the human immune response are important limitations of prior work. In this pilot study, we aimed to develop a criterion standard for research on bacterial cellulitis, ...