Infection after fingertip injury in children.
We describe two cases of severe infectious complications after trauma to the finger phalanges in children: osteoarticular infection of the thumb and phlegmon of the thumb's long flexor sheath. These complications are rare after such injuries, which are common and for which the appropriate treatment is often an issue.
Salazard
Bruno
B
Department of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Children's Timone Hospital, Marseille, France. bruno.salazard@wanadoo.fr
Launay
Franck
F
Desouche
Christophe
C
Samson
Philippe
P
Magalon
Guy
G
D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010000:Osteitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control