cellulitis/fever

Side effects of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) are regarded as mild and uncommon in adults. In our clinical experience, however, protracted fever with a cellulitis-like reaction after PPV23 vaccination is not rare in pediatric patients. We reviewed the records of 17

We describe a case of toxic scarlet fever in a healthy adult with streptococcal cellulitis of the right elbow as a result of skin abrasion. The clinical picture mimicked that of drug eruption after treatment of cellulitis with antibiotics. Among the five cases of scarlet fever complicating

We report three cases of septic scarlet fever due to Streptococcus pyogenes Group A (serotype M1/T1/OF-) cellulitis in healthy young adults. Despite prompt treatment two of the patients died. Such cases of cellulitis associated with scarlet fever, severe toxaemia and septicaemia have not been

We report a 4-year-old boy with cellulitis and scarlet fever due to streptococcal infection following the onset of varicella. He developed a painful ulcer and subcutaneous induration on the left shoulder and a small, light-red-colored rash on the trunk at approximately the same time as the

OBJECTIVE To delineate clinical manifestations of fungal orbital cellulitis in immunocompromized patients. METHODS The charts of 7 pediatric patients with fungal orbital cellulitis treated at a tertiary children's cancer hospital were reviewed retrospectively for histologically confirmed fungal

In African tick bite fever (ATBF), inoculation eschar - resulting from disruption of the cutaneous barrier - may be a risk factor for cellulitis. We report 2 cases of ATBF associated with cellulitis. A 77-year-old woman was referred for severe leg cellulitis upon returning from sub-Saharan Africa.

Cellulitis in the setting of lymphedema is an uncommon but clinically important presentation to the emergency department. Stagnant lymph is an ideal medium for bacterial growth and progression can be rapid due to decreased ability to fight infection in the affected area. Infections are commonly

Cat-scratch disease-associated vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural involvement are rare and may manifest with nonspecific chronic symptoms in children, such as fever or torticollis. We present only the fourth case in the literature describing epidural involvement in an immunocompetent boy