Inpatient preseptal cellulitis: Experience from a tertiary eye care centre

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1337-1341

  Chaudhry, I A ^a   Shamsi, F A ^a   Elzaridi, E ^b   Al Rashed, W ^a   Al Amri, A ^a   Arat, Y O ^c  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Newcastle Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHEMOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ECTROPION; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID EDEMA; EYELID ERYTHEMA; EYELID NECROSIS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRESEPTAL CELLULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53649098159     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.128975     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Lessner A, Stern GA. Preseptal and orbital cellulitis. Infect Dis Clin North Am 1992;6:933-52.
2. Rao VA, Hans R, Mehra AK. Pre-septal cellulitis-Varied clinical presentations. Indian J Ophthalmol 1996;44:225-7.
3. Rubin SE, Slavin ML, Rubin LG. Eyelid swelling and erythema as the only signs of subperiosteal abscess. Br J Ophthalmol 1989;73:576-8.
4. Chaudhry IA, Shamsi FA, Elzaridi E, et al. Outcome of treated orbital cellulitis in a tertiary eye care center in the Middle East. Ophthalmology 2007;114:345-54.
5. Sobol SE, Marchand J, Tewfik TL, et al. Orbital complications of sinusitis in children. J Otolaryngol 2002;31:131-6.
6. Duke-Elder S, MacFaul PA. The ocular adnexa. In: Duke-Elder S, ed. System of ophthalmology. Vol. 13. London: Henry Kimpton, 1974:859-89.
7. Hornblass A, Herschorn BJ, Stern K, et al. Orbital abscess. Surv Ophthalmol 1984;29:169-78.
8. Hodges E, Tabbara KF. Orbital cellulitis: review of 23 cases from Saudi Arabia. Br J Ophthalmol 1989;73:205-8.
9. Wagoner MD, Al-Rajhi AA. Ophthalmology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Arch Ophthalmol 2001;119:1539-43.
10. Siddens JD, Gladstone GJ. Periorbital and orbital infections in children J Am Osteopath Assoc 1992;92:226-30.
11. Aidan P, Francois M, Prunel M, et al. Orbital cellulitis in children. Arch Pediatr 1994;1:879-85.
12. Schramm VL, Meyers EN, Kennerdell JS. Orbital complications of acute sinusitis: evaluation, management, and outcome. Otolaryngology 1978;86:221-30.
13. Fearon B, Edmonds B, Bird R. Orbital-facial complication of sinusitis in children. Laryngoscope 1979;89:947-53.
14. Ferguson MP, McNab AA. Current treatment and outcome in orbital cellulitis. Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1999;27:375-9.
15. Jackson K, Baker SR. Periorbital cellulitis. Head Neck Surg 1987;9:227-34.
16. Moloney JR, Badham NJ, McRae A. The acute orbit. Preseptal (periorbital) cellulitis, subperiosteal abscess and orbital cellulitis due to sinusitis. J Laryngol Otol Suppl 1987;12:1-18.
17. Hornblass A, Herschorn BJ, Mines J. Preseptal cellulitis in frontalis suspension for congenital ptosis. Plast Beconstr Surg 1984;74:574-5.
18. Smith TF, O'Day D, Wright PF. Clinical implications of preseptal (periorbital) cellulitis in childhood. Pediatrics 1978;62:1006-9.
19. Goldberg F, Berne AS, Oski FA. Differentiation of orbital cellulitis from preseptal cellulitis by computed tomography. Pediatrics 1978;62:1000-5.
20. Fernbach SK, Naidich TP. CT diagnosis of orbital inflammation in children. Neuroradiology 1981;22:7-13.
21. Lawless M, Martin F. Orbital cellulitis and preseptal cellulitis in childhood. Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1986;14:211-19.
22. Paerregaard A, Lund I. Periorbital and orbital cellulitis in children. Ugeskr Laeger 1995;157:6576-80.
23. Ben Simon GJ, Bush S, Selva D, et al. Orbital cellulitis: a rare complication after orbital blowout fracture. Ophthalmology 2005;112:2030-4.
24. Harris GJ, Subperiosteal abscess of the orbit: age as a factor in the bacteriology and response to treatment. Ophthalmology 1994;101:585-95.
25. Harris GJ, Subperiosteal abscess of the orbit: computed tomography and the clinical course. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 1996;12:1-8.
26. Harris GJ, Subperiosteal abscess of the orbit: older children and adults require aggressive treatment. Ophthal Plast Beconstr Surg 2001;17:395-7.
27. Donahue SP, Schwartz G. Preseptal and orbital cellulitis in childhood. A changing microbiologic spectrum. Ophthalmology 1998;105:1902-5.
28. Molarte AB, Isenberg SJ. Periorbital cellulitis in infancy. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 1980;26:232-5.
29. Barson WJ, Miller MA, Marcon MJ, et al. Cefuroxime therapy for bacteremic softtissue infections in children. Am J Dis Child 1985;139:1141-4.
30. Parisi MLA. Case of recurrent, isolated, simultaneous, bilateral herpes simplex lid infection. J Am Optom Assoc 1998;69:49-56.
31. Ruttum MS, Ogawa G. Adenovirus conjunctivitis mimics preseptal and orbital cellulitis in young children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1996;15:266-7.
32. Slavin ML, Glaser JS. Acute severe irreversible visual loss with sphenoethmoiditis- "posterior" orbital cellulitis. Arch Ophthalmol 1987;105:345-8.
33. Jarrett WH II, Gutman FA. Ocular complications of infection in the paranasal sinuses. Arch Ophthalmol 1969;81:683-8.
34. Patt BS, Manning SC. Blindness resulting from orbital complications of sinusitis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1991;104:789-95.
35. Sankrithi UM, LiPuma JJ. Clinically inapparent meningitis complicating periorbital cellulitis. Pediatr Emerg Care 1991;7:28-9.
36. Baker RC, Bausher JC. Meningitis complicating acute bacteremic facial cellulitis. Pediatr Infect Dis 1986;5:421-3.
37. Prendiville KJ, Bath PE. Lateral cantholysis and eyelid necrosis secondary to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Ann Ophthalmol 1988;20:193-5.
38. Meyer MA, Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome complicating preseptal cellulitis. Am J Ophthalmol 1997;123:841-3.
39. Ingraham HJ, Ryan ME, Bums JT, et al. Streptococcal preseptal cellulitis complicated by the toxic Streptococcus syndrome. Ophthalmology 1995;102:1223-6.
40. Stone L, Codere F, Ma SA. Streptococcal lid necrosis in previously healthy children. Can J Ophthalmol 1991;26:386-90.