title: Severe infantile wrist empyema due to dental bacteremia.
abstract: Pediatric wrist empyema are very rare, this is the first case report in the current literature describing a hematogenic spreading of bacteria from dental caries, leading to a severe wrist empyema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Burn Care Unit, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Germany. felix.stang@gmx.de
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stang
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stollwerck
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: von Wild
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mailänder
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Siemers
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D004653:Empyema / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes; D014953:Wrist / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery