[Extensive cellulitis during chicken-pox. Six causes (author's transl)]

Sem Hop. 1978 Sep;54(21-24):738-42.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report 6 cases of extensive cellulitis, in 6 children with chicken-pox. This is a rare complication during this disease. If streptococcal etiology is not always proved, clinical aspect and the dramatic reponse to treatment by penicillin G, characterize this kind of complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cellulitis / drug therapy
  • Cellulitis / etiology*
  • Cellulitis / microbiology
  • Chickenpox / complications*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Penicillin G / therapeutic use
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Penicillin G