Should a child with preseptal periorbital cellulitis be treated with intravenous or oral antibiotics?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-129

  Al Nammari, Shafic ^a   Roberton, Benjamin ^a   Ferguson, Craig ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BRAIN INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXOPHTHALMOS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORBIT DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ORBITAL DISEASES;

EID: 33846850499     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.045245     Document Type: Short Survey

References (1)

1. Reynolds D, Kodsi S, Rubin S, et al. Intracranial Infection Associated with Preseptal and Orbital Cellulitis in the Pediatric Patient. Journal of AAPOS (American Association for Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) 2003;7(6):413-7.