caa a22 4500 47583223X CHVBK 20180406123843.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s100960050478 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s100960050478 Cellulitis Complicating Lymphoedema [Elektronische Daten] [P. C. Y. Woo, P. N. L. Lum, S. S. Y. Wong, V. C. C. Cheng, K. Y. Yuen]  In ten hospitalised patients with cellulitis complicating lymphoedema encountered over a 3-year period (1996-1998), the underlying diseases were carcinoma of the cervix (n=4), uterus (n=1), vagina (n=1), breast (n=2) and nasopharynx (n=1), and retroperitoneal squamous cell carcinoma (n=1). Three of the ten patients had positive blood cultures, compared to none of the 20 age-matched, sex-matched controls hospitalised for cellulitis without lymphoedema. The mean duration of fever, tachycardia and cellulitis was significantly longer in patients with lymphoedema than in those without (P<0.05, P<0.05, and P<0.005 respectively). Early treatment initiated by patients themselves may help stop bacterial replication in the initial stages and minimise further damage to the lymphatic system. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Woo P. C. Y. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong e-mail: microgen@hkucc.hku.hk, CN aut Lum P. N. L. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong e-mail: microgen@hkucc.hku.hk, CN aut Wong S. S. Y. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong e-mail: microgen@hkucc.hku.hk, CN aut Cheng V. C. C. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong e-mail: microgen@hkucc.hku.hk, CN aut Yuen K. Y. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong e-mail: microgen@hkucc.hku.hk, CN aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960050478 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960050478 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Woo P. C. Y. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong e-mail: microgen@hkucc.hku.hk, CN aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lum P. N. L. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong e-mail: microgen@hkucc.hku.hk, CN aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wong S. S. Y. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong e-mail: microgen@hkucc.hku.hk, CN aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cheng V. C. C. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong e-mail: microgen@hkucc.hku.hk, CN aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yuen K. Y. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong e-mail: microgen@hkucc.hku.hk, CN aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer