A rare cause of preseptal cellulitis: anthrax.
Infection of the eyelids confined to the preseptal space is relatively common but potentially serious. We report a child with cutaneous anthrax to remind that the interesting contagious cause be included in the differential diagnosis of the preseptal cellulitis.
Artac
Hasibe
H
Department of Peadiatrics, Selcuk University Meram Medical Facutly, Konya, Turkey. hasibeartac@yahoo.com
Silahli
Musa
M
Keles
Sevgi
S
Ozdemir
Mustafa
M
Reisli
Ismail
I
D000881:Anthrax / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D017444:Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / Q000382:microbiology*