title: [Head phlegmon as a complication of eyelids erysipelas--two cases in one family].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bacterial infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue are not rare, but they are connected with diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  A case of almost simultaneous facial phlegmon in course of eyelids erysipelas in two members of one family is described. MATERIAL, METHODS, RESULTS: Differential diagnostics, clinical course and applied effective treatment are presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pathogen identification and application of large doses of targeted antibiotics are crucial in therapy.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Otolaryngologii Szpitala Wojewódzkiego w Koszalinie.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szołdra-Seiler
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Horbacz-Jary
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004886:Erysipelas / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005143:Eyelids / Q000382:microbiology*; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents