TY - JOUR
T1 - Paediatric orbital and periorbital infections
AU - Williams, Katherine J.
AU - Allen, Richard Cutler
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Purpose of reviewThis study is a review of recent literature in the diagnosis and management of preseptal cellulitis, orbital cellulitis and dacryocystitis, including causative organisms, diagnosis and medical or surgical therapy and potential complications.Recent findingsAdvances in vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae B have resulted in a shift in the most common causative organisms of preseptal and orbital cellulitis. Management of orbital cellulitis has been advanced by adjuvant corticosteroids, and subperiosteal abscess volumes of more than 1250ml has been shown as predictive for requiring potential surgical intervention.SummaryPeriorbital infections require prompt evaluation and management. Although the infectious organisms in both preseptal and orbital cellulitis include Staphylococcus/Streptococcus species, management may differ significantly on the basis of the nidus of infection, presenting signs and symptoms, and response to initial medical management.
AB - Purpose of reviewThis study is a review of recent literature in the diagnosis and management of preseptal cellulitis, orbital cellulitis and dacryocystitis, including causative organisms, diagnosis and medical or surgical therapy and potential complications.Recent findingsAdvances in vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae B have resulted in a shift in the most common causative organisms of preseptal and orbital cellulitis. Management of orbital cellulitis has been advanced by adjuvant corticosteroids, and subperiosteal abscess volumes of more than 1250ml has been shown as predictive for requiring potential surgical intervention.SummaryPeriorbital infections require prompt evaluation and management. Although the infectious organisms in both preseptal and orbital cellulitis include Staphylococcus/Streptococcus species, management may differ significantly on the basis of the nidus of infection, presenting signs and symptoms, and response to initial medical management.
KW - dacryocystitis
KW - orbital cellulitis
KW - preseptal cellulitis
KW - subperiosteal abscess
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U2 - 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000589
DO - 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000589
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31261188
AN - SCOPUS:85070694894
SN - 1040-8738
VL - 30
SP - 349
EP - 355
JO - Current opinion in ophthalmology
JF - Current opinion in ophthalmology
IS - 5
ER -