Serious group A streptococcal infections complicating cryotherapy to lip haemangiomas.
Cryotherapy is a safe and effective way of treating haemangiomas of the oval cavity and lips without complications in adults in a reported series. Two cases of serious group A streptococcal infection after cryotherapy in two children are reported. In conclusion it is likely that these children were undiagnosed carriers for the organism. Pre-operative nasopharyngeal swabs would have identified this and prevented the complications which occurred.
Armstrong
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Department of Plastic Surgery, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
Finch
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Bailie
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D017679:Cryotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes