Facial cellulitis responsive to flucloxacillin in acute leukemia.
A severely neutropenic patient, undergoing bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemia, experienced bilateral facial cellulitis accompanied by high fever and a facial folliculitis. All resolved with the addition of flucloxacillin to existing antibiotics suggesting a causal role for staphylococci.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D003023:Cloxacillin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005145:Face; D005436:Floxacillin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000503:physiopathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy
D005436:Floxacillin; D003023:Cloxacillin