Orbital cellulitis in a neonate of the tooth bud origin : A case report

Orbital cellulitis is a serious, yet uncommon infection in neonates. It can result in significant sight and life threatening complications. Most commonly, it occurs secondarily as the result of a spread of infection from the sinuses. Orbital cellulitis, secondary to dental infection is rare. We here...

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Autores principales: Lavaju, Poonam, Badhu, Badri Prasad, Khanal, Basudha, Shrestha, Bhuwan Govinda
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25116779
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.138296
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author Lavaju, Poonam
Badhu, Badri Prasad
Khanal, Basudha
Shrestha, Bhuwan Govinda
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description Orbital cellulitis is a serious, yet uncommon infection in neonates. It can result in significant sight and life threatening complications. Most commonly, it occurs secondarily as the result of a spread of infection from the sinuses. Orbital cellulitis, secondary to dental infection is rare. We hereby report a case of orbital cellulitis secondary to dental infection in a 15-day-old neonate without any systemic features.
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spelling pubmed-41526562014-09-04 Orbital cellulitis in a neonate of the tooth bud origin : A case report Lavaju, Poonam Badhu, Badri Prasad Khanal, Basudha Shrestha, Bhuwan Govinda Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communication Orbital cellulitis is a serious, yet uncommon infection in neonates. It can result in significant sight and life threatening complications. Most commonly, it occurs secondarily as the result of a spread of infection from the sinuses. Orbital cellulitis, secondary to dental infection is rare. We hereby report a case of orbital cellulitis secondary to dental infection in a 15-day-old neonate without any systemic features. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4152656/ /pubmed/25116779 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.138296 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lavaju, Poonam
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Khanal, Basudha
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Orbital cellulitis in a neonate of the tooth bud origin : A case report
title Orbital cellulitis in a neonate of the tooth bud origin : A case report
title_full Orbital cellulitis in a neonate of the tooth bud origin : A case report
title_fullStr Orbital cellulitis in a neonate of the tooth bud origin : A case report
title_full_unstemmed Orbital cellulitis in a neonate of the tooth bud origin : A case report
title_short Orbital cellulitis in a neonate of the tooth bud origin : A case report
title_sort orbital cellulitis in a neonate of the tooth bud origin : a case report
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25116779
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.138296
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