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Veillonella parvula periorbital cellulitis: an unusual pathogen causing a common clinical sign
We describe the case of a one-year-old boy who presented at the emergency department with a sudden onset of fulminant edema of the right eyelid. He had been suffering from a varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection for 5 days. A secondary bacterial infection of varicella skin lesions was suspected. Co...
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German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607445/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293873 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000106 |
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author | Wellens, Liesbeth Casteels, Ingele Huygens, Marc |
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description | We describe the case of a one-year-old boy who presented at the emergency department with a sudden onset of fulminant edema of the right eyelid. He had been suffering from a varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection for 5 days. A secondary bacterial infection of varicella skin lesions was suspected. Computed tomography of the orbit revealed pronounced superficial soft tissue inflammation of the right periorbit, without intraorbital extension. There was a spontaneous rupture of the right upper eyelid and a culture of the released fluid grew the anaerobic organism Veillonella parvula. The patient was treated with clindamycin for 2 months and made a slow, yet full recovery. |
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spelling | pubmed-66074452019-07-10 Veillonella parvula periorbital cellulitis: an unusual pathogen causing a common clinical sign Wellens, Liesbeth Casteels, Ingele Huygens, Marc GMS Ophthalmol Cases Article We describe the case of a one-year-old boy who presented at the emergency department with a sudden onset of fulminant edema of the right eyelid. He had been suffering from a varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection for 5 days. A secondary bacterial infection of varicella skin lesions was suspected. Computed tomography of the orbit revealed pronounced superficial soft tissue inflammation of the right periorbit, without intraorbital extension. There was a spontaneous rupture of the right upper eyelid and a culture of the released fluid grew the anaerobic organism Veillonella parvula. The patient was treated with clindamycin for 2 months and made a slow, yet full recovery. German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2019-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6607445/ /pubmed/31293873 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000106 Text en Copyright © 2019 Wellens et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Wellens, Liesbeth Casteels, Ingele Huygens, Marc Veillonella parvula periorbital cellulitis: an unusual pathogen causing a common clinical sign |
title | Veillonella parvula periorbital cellulitis: an unusual pathogen causing a common clinical sign |
title_full | Veillonella parvula periorbital cellulitis: an unusual pathogen causing a common clinical sign |
title_fullStr | Veillonella parvula periorbital cellulitis: an unusual pathogen causing a common clinical sign |
title_full_unstemmed | Veillonella parvula periorbital cellulitis: an unusual pathogen causing a common clinical sign |
title_short | Veillonella parvula periorbital cellulitis: an unusual pathogen causing a common clinical sign |
title_sort | veillonella parvula periorbital cellulitis: an unusual pathogen causing a common clinical sign |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607445/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293873 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000106 |
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