title: Orbital cellulitis, subperiosteal abscess, sinusitis, and septicemia caused b Arcanobacterium haemolyticum.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A 16-year-old boy had orbital cellulitis, subperiosteal abscess, sinusitis, and septicemia. Arcanobacterium haemolyticum was identified as the causative organism.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This organism is a cause of orbital cellulitis and may require aggresive therapy in order to achieve a therapeutic response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1033, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Yeatts
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Givner
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000191:Actinomycetaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000382:microbiology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000382:microbiology; D010521:Periosteum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed