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Facial cellulitis responsive to flucloxacillin in acute leukemia.

Abstract
A severely neutropenic patient, undergoing bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemia, experienced bilateral facial cellulitis accompanied by high fever and a facial folliculitis. All resolved with the addition of flucloxacillin to existing antibiotics suggesting a causal role for staphylococci.
AuthorsA P Barrett
JournalAnnals of dentistry (Ann Dent) Vol. 48 Issue 1 Pg. 28-9 ( 1989) ISSN: 0003-4770 [Print] United States
PMID2675747 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Floxacillin
  • Cloxacillin
Topics
  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Cellulitis (drug therapy, etiology)
  • Cloxacillin (analogs & derivatives)
  • Face
  • Floxacillin (therapeutic use)
  • Folliculitis (drug therapy, etiology)
  • Humans
  • Leukemia (surgery)
  • Male
  • Neutropenia (physiopathology)
  • Staphylococcal Infections (drug therapy)

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