Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Dr. Weiguo Hu
Dr. Weihua Qiu
Department of Surgery
Rui Jin Hospital
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School
of Medicine
Staphylococcal Infection
StaphylococciG+
beta hemolysins
thick, yellow, without foul smelling
Obesity
Diabetes
Intravenous drugs
Furuncle Characteristic
Face
Buttocks
Thighs
Groin
Breast
Axil area
<2cm
raised, tender, shiny,
bright red
intense, throbbing
pain
yellow or white
creamy discharge
(matured)
Carbuncle Characteristic
A confluent infection
Management
Leision care
help to mature
Large & deep enough incision for carbuncle
Antibiotics
Penicillin
Erythromycin
Clindamycin
Management
Surgical drainage
Prevention
loose clothing
Cellulitis Characteristic
Connective tissue
dermis and
subcutaneous tissues
acute spreading
pain, erythema,
edema, and warmth
Cellulitis History
trauma or surgery
causing a lesion in the skin
may have no discernible dermal injury
develops over a period of several days
Severe Cellulitis
Significant erythema
Etiology
normal
group B streptococci
Immunocompromised
Infants
Microorganism
Wounds
Obesity
Diabetes
Intravenous drugs
Immunodeficiency
Cellulitis Complications
Bacteremia
Local abscess
Superinfection with gram-negative organisms
Lymphangitis
Thrombophlebitis
Facial cellulitis in children (meningitis in 8%)
Gas gangrene(amputation & mortality in 25%)
Pseudomonads in immunocompromised
children
Management
Antibiotics:
penicillinase-resistant synthetic penicillin
first-generation cephalosporin
clindamycin
metronidazole
Erysipelas Characteristic
Erysipelas Characteristic
Erysipelas Characteristic
5-20% in face
Erysipelas History
Fever
Dermatologic signs
Lymphangitis
Sharply-raised
border with abrupt
demarcation from
healthy adjacent skin
Etiology
Microorganism
Staphylococci (rarely)
Management
Symptomatic treatment
Penicillin
Erythromycin
Cephalexin
Antipyretic
Analgesics
Complications
Lymphadenitis
Characteristic
Lymphangitis Characteristic
life-threatening infections
red streaks
throbbing pain
lymph nodes
fever and chills
malaise,loss of appetite, headache, muscle aches
Diagnosis
Physical examination
Biopsy (LN)
Blood culture
Management
Treatment should begin promptly
Specific antibiotics
Surgical drainage
Many
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