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Orbital cellulitis, subperiosteal abscess, sinusitis, and septicemia caused b Arcanobacterium haemolyticum
J G Ford1, R P Yeatts, L B Givner
1Department of Ophthalmology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1033, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|August 1, 1995
Abstract
Purpose/Methods:
A 16-year-old boy had orbital cellulitis, subperiosteal abscess, sinusitis, and septicemia. Arcanobacterium haemolyticum was identified as the causative organism.
Results/Conclusions:
This organism is a cause of orbital cellulitis and may require aggresive therapy in order to achieve a therapeutic response.