PRESEPTAL/ORBITAL CELLULITIS IN THE POST - H. INFLUENZAE VACCINE ERA. 984

Autor:	Leslie T. Aiuto, Stephen R. Barone
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	Discharge diagnosis medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Mean age Direct trauma medicine.disease Gastroenterology Surgery Bacteremia Internal medicine Cellulitis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Medicine Orbital cellulitis business Immunodeficiency
Zdroj:	Pediatric Research. 39:166-166
ISSN:	1530-0447 0031-3998
DOI:	10.1203/00006450-199604001-01006
Popis:	Prior to the development of the H. influenzae vaccine, a significant number of preseptal (PS) and orbital (O) infections were associated with H. influenzae type b (HIb) bacteremia. We reviewed 134 patients (pts) with the discharge diagnosis of either PS or O cellulitis from 5/85 to 6/95. We excluded pts with an underlying immunodeficiency or significant direct trauma. There were 106 cases of PS cellulitis and 28 cases of O cellulitis. The mean age of the patients was 66 ± 50 mos. The mean age of pts with PS cellulitis was less than those with O cellulitis (56 vs 92 mos; p
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