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Published in: Head & Face Medicine 1/2013

Open Access 01-12-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Double trouble: preseptal cellulitis due to two species with multidrug resistance

Authors: Muhammad Naeem, Nasir Ali Rahimnajjad, Irfan Majeed, Khalid Mahmood

Published in: Head & Face Medicine | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

A 2 Year old boy presented with painful ballooning of both eyes with the 2 days history of trauma to the head while playing. His vaccination was complete. On examination he was afebrile. The Eyes were ballooned with blackish crust over both lids. On local examination, eye swelling was tense with severe tenderness. The diagnosis of Preseptal cellulitis was made .We did an Emergency drainage and pus was sent for culture that came out to be positive for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus mirabilis with multiple drug resistance. The coverage was given by Imipenem + cilastatin and child had wonderful recovery.
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Metadata
Title
Double trouble: preseptal cellulitis due to two species with multidrug resistance
Authors
Muhammad Naeem
Nasir Ali Rahimnajjad
Irfan Majeed
Khalid Mahmood
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Head & Face Medicine / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1746-160X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-9-17

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