Cellulitis :
Workbook Questions :
Case 1
A 7-year-old girl presents with redness around a wound on her leg. It started as insect bite whist on school camp but as she scratched it the surrounding redness has increased. She is otherwise well and afebrile. There is a small scratch on her leg with around 4 cm of surrounding redness that is warm to touch. There is some yellow crusting over the wound. You think it is infected.
A 12-year-old boy presents with an infected wound to his R arm. He is unsure when the wound first started but it is getting progressively worse. He has a fever of 38.3 degrees and some lymphadenopathy in the ipsilateral axilla.
Case 3
A 14-year-old boy presents with a fluctuant area on his right thigh. He has a history of boils and you think this is the same thing. The area is around 2x2cm with some overlying erythema.
Case 1
A 7-year-old girl presents with redness around a wound on her leg. It started as insect bite whist on school camp but as she scratched it the surrounding redness has increased. She is otherwise well and afebrile. There is a small scratch on her leg with around 4 cm of surrounding redness that is warm to touch. There is some yellow crusting over the wound. You think it is infected.
- How will you treat this including the dose, frequency and route of administration
- Mum asks you if she should keep the wound covered, what will you suggest?
- How can mum monitor whether this is getting worse?
A 12-year-old boy presents with an infected wound to his R arm. He is unsure when the wound first started but it is getting progressively worse. He has a fever of 38.3 degrees and some lymphadenopathy in the ipsilateral axilla.
- Will you do any investigations in this child?
- How will you manage him?
- How would you decide whether he needed MRSA cover?
Case 3
A 14-year-old boy presents with a fluctuant area on his right thigh. He has a history of boils and you think this is the same thing. The area is around 2x2cm with some overlying erythema.
- How would you manage him?