How do you treat a phlegmon?

How do you treat a phlegmon?

Treatment for phlegmon depends on the location and seriousness of the infection. In general, treatment involves both antibiotics and surgery. Skin phlegmon, if minor, may be treated with oral antibiotics. But surgery may be needed to clean dead tissue from the area and stop the infection from spreading.

Is phlegmon and cellulitis the same?

Cellulitis is defined as a diffuse inflammatory process that spreads along fascial planes and through tissue spaces without gross suppuration where as phlegmon is an acute suppurative inflammation affecting the subcutaneous connective tissue.

What is phlegmon abscess?

Abscess. A phlegmon is a localized area of acute inflammation of the soft tissues. It is a descriptive term which may be used for inflammation related to a bacterial infection or non-infectious causes (e.g. pancreatitis).

What is V shaped phlegmon?

A phlegmon is the spreading of the inflammation through the tissue. Due to the previously mentioned particular anatomical aspects of the hand, a v-shaped phlegmon may develop meaning that the infection spreads out in a v-shape from the thumb to the little finger or vice versa.

What is Pericolonic phlegmon?

The infection after a microperforation is usually contained by the pericolonic fat, mesentery, or adjacent organs; therefore, a localized phlegmon occurs. However, the infection after a macroperforation is not restricted and can result in peritonitis or a pericolonic abscess.

What is Phlegmonous cellulitis?

Cellulitis (phlegmon) is a severe, deep diffuse suppurative infection wherein the process spreads through the dermis and subcutis along the tissue planes.

What is Phlegmonous?

Phlegmonous means a diffuse spreading inflammation of or within the connective tissue. In the stomach, it implies infection of the deeper layers of the stomach (submucosa and muscularis). As a result, purulent bacterial infection may lead to gangrene. Phlegmonous gastritis is rare.

What is Parametrial phlegmon?

A parametrial phlegmon is an area of induration within the leaves of the broad ligment caused by cellulitis in the parametrium adjacent to the Cesarean section incision2. Rarely, a phlegmon will suppurate and form a parametrial abscess2.

How common is pyomyositis?

In temperate countries such as the US, pyomyositis was a rare condition (accounting for 1 in 3000 pediatric admissions), but has become more common since the appearance of the USA300 strain of MRSA.