PEDIATRICS Vol. 62 No. 4 October 1978, pp. 492-493
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Violaceous Discoloration in Pneumococcal Cellulitis

M. C. Thirumoorthi M.B., B.S.1, Basim I. Asmar M.D.1, and Adnan S. Dajani M.D.1

1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Michigan, and the Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit

Two patients with periorbital cellulitis, one of whom also had buccal cellulitis, had violaceous discoloration of the skin. Blood cultures from both patients yielded Streptococcus pneumoniae. Therefore, pneumococci should be considered, in addition to Haemophilus influenzae, as possible causes of cellulitis with violaceous or bluish-red discoloration.

Submitted on April 17, 1978
Accepted on June 21, 1978




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