PLANTAR CELLULITIS

Authors
SHUKLA PC
Citation
Pc. Shukla, PLANTAR CELLULITIS, Pediatric emergency care, 10(1), 1994, pp. 23-25
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric emergency care → ACNP
ISSN journal
07495161
Volume
10
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
23 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-5161(1994)10:1<23:PC>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
An unusual case of acute cellulitis of the foot in a child is reported . The child failed to respond to standard treatment even after removal of an occult foreign body. Wound cultures revealed Klebsiella oxytoca and Citrobacter freundii. This is the first documented report on Kleb siella oxytoca in cellulitis. The cellulitis resolved after being trea ted with the appropriate antibiotics.