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In 16 pediatric cases of erysipelas, treatment with antibiotics resulted in fever subsidence and good clinical amelioration within 48 hours in all patients.
Case Report (n=16)
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Pediatric erysipelas is a rare condition that most commonly affects the lower limbs and responds rapidly to antibiotic therapy such as amoxicillin-clavulanic acid.
Antibiotics may aid pediatric erysipelas; leaves open optimal regimens and need for controlled trials.
Erysipelas is an acute or sub-acute non necrotizing bacterial dermo-hypodermitis , caused most frequently by beta-hemolytic group A streptococci. It is a relatively frequent pathology in adults and the elderly, but rare in children and infants. Through the analysis of 16 cases of pediatric erysipelas we evaluate the epidemiological, clinico-biological, therapeutic and outcomes characteristics of erysipelas in children and infants.
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Asmae Lahlou (2017) conducted a case report in Erysipelas (n=16). Antibiotic therapy (Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid or Penicillin V) was evaluated on Clinical amelioration and fever subsidence. In 16 pediatric cases of erysipelas, treatment with antibiotics resulted in fever subsidence and good clinical amelioration within 48 hours in all patients.
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