over the past several years increasing of cellulites in some regions of the country has been reported. during august and september of 2005, 4.48% of total slaughtered broilers were condemned due to cellulitis in masjid soleiman slaughterhouse. four out of 98 slaughtered flocks were infected to cellulitis. the condemnation rates in infected flocks were: flock 1: 1.55%, flock 2: 0.993%, flock 3: ...

purpose : to report a patient with orbital pseudotumor masquerading as orbital cellulitis case report : a 42-year-old woman was referred to orbit and oculoplastic clinic with 6 days history of left orbital pain, proptosis, lid edema and fever. clinical finding included severe lid edema, chemosis, conjunctival injection and severe restriction in extraocular motility. she was diagnosed as orbital...

OBJECTIVE To review the epidemiology and clinical course of facial cellulitis attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae in children. DESIGN Cases were reviewed retrospectively at 8 children's hospitals in the United States for the period of September 1993 through December 1998. RESULTS We identified 52 cases of pneumococcal facial cellulitis (45 periorbital and 7 buccal). Ninety-two percent ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Orbital cellulitis represents a spectrum of diseases, some of which may progress to potentially serious complications. The authors used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database to analyze the epidemiologic features of pediatric and adult patients admitted for the treatment of orbital cellulitis and to examine associations with surgical management. METHODS The NIS w...

purpose : to present a case of orbital cellulitis secondary to dacryocystitis case report : a 48-year-old postmenopausal lady was referred with a prominent proptosis of the right eye in addition to external ophthalmoplegia. she had one year history of lacrimation. orbital computed tomography (ct) revealed an extraconal infiltration near the medial and inferior orbital wall consistent with orbit...

BACKGROUND Results from previous trials suggest that daptomycin may result in faster clinical improvement than penicillinase-resistant penicillins or vancomycin for patients with complicated skin and skin structure infections. OBJECTIVE The objective was to evaluate whether daptomycin treatment of cellulitis or erysipelas would result in faster resolution compared with vancomycin. DESIGN Th...