Management of cellulitis in a pediatric emergency department

• Published in: Pediatric emergency care Vol. 23; no. 11; p. 805
• Main Authors: Khangura, Simi, Wallace, Jonathan, Kissoon, Niranjan, Kodeeswaran, Tanuja
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2007
• Subjects: Academic Medical Centers; Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic - therapeutic use; Administration, Oral; Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; British Columbia - epidemiology; Case-Control Studies; Cefazolin - therapeutic use; Cellulitis - drug therapy; Cellulitis - epidemiology; Cellulitis - microbiology; Cephalexin - therapeutic use; Child; Child, Preschool; Cloxacillin - therapeutic use; Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization; Female; Humans; Infant; Infusions, Intravenous; Male; Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data; Probenecid - therapeutic use; Retrospective Studies; Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Streptococcus pyogenes - isolation & purification; British Columbia

(1) To determine antibiotic choices, route of administration, and outcomes of children treated as outpatients with noncomplicated, nonfacial cellulitis at a tertiary care center. (2) To determine the number of visits and time spent in the emergency department (ED) for treatment. A descriptive case-c...