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1298617

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred and fifty patients with hand infection seen during 6 months period at Khartoum Teaching Hospital were studied. The disease is more common among young males manual and industrial workers (M:F = 2:1). Common types of hand infections were paronychia in (41%) of patients, volar infections in (30.6%) and subcutaneous infections in (30%) of patients. 30% of patients needed hospital admission including all diabetics (n = 15). Two patients had serious complications that resulted in above elbow amputation. The first was a diabetic with spreading cellulitis and the second was a mentally retarded with gas gangrene. Initial empirical antibiotic therapy was prescribed in 89% of patients and later was modified according to sensitivity results. 90% of patients needed surgical drainage. Bacteriological examination showed Staph. aureus in 51% of cultures and the staphylococcus was resistant to penicillin in 77% of cultures. Apart from two deaths, the rest of the patients had satisfactory outcome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0012-835X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
616-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Management of hand infection in Khartoum.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article