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- Title
Infectious Cellulitis Caused by Streptococcus halichoeri.
- Authors
DEL GIUDICE, Pascal; PLAINVERT, Céline; HUBICHE, Thomas; TAZI, Asmaa; FRIBOURG, Agnès; POYART, Claire
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of an 84-year-old man with bacterial cellulitis on his left thigh and with a history of obesity, diabetes mellitus treated with gliclazide, and dyslipidaemia treated with atorvastatin. The patient was diagnosed with cellulitis caused by Streptococcus halichoeri with persisting chronic ulceration of the left leg. He was treated with intravenous amoxicillin and the outcome was favourable.
- Subjects
CELLULITIS; CELLULITIS treatment; OLDER men; STREPTOCOCCUS; AMOXICILLIN; HEALTH outcome assessment; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES in older people
- Publication
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2018, Vol 98, Issue 3, p378
- ISSN
0001-5555
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.2340/00015555-2837