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. 2010 Sep;5(3):341-3.
doi: 10.1007/s11552-009-9244-1. Epub 2009 Dec 3.

H. influenza Panaritium Tendineum. A Rare Pathogen

Marijke J Molegraaf  1 , Alexander G J van Marle, L N L Tseng
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H. influenza Panaritium Tendineum. A Rare Pathogen

Marijke J Molegraaf et al. Hand (N Y). 2010 Sep.

Abstract

Panaritium tendineum is a severe infection of the hand in most cases caused by infection with staphylococcal or streptococcal species. In this article, a case of panaritium tendineum caused by Haemophilus influenzae is described. In the literature, no cases of H. influenzae causing a panaritium tendineum are described before. The patient in this case was treated by repeated surgical incision and drainage, local antiseptic treatment, intravenous antibiotics, and 2 months of physiotherapy after which there remained some loss of function of the left hand.

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