Impetigo presenting as an acute necrotizing swelling of the lower lip in an adult patient

The authors present an unusual case of an acute swelling of the lower lip and septicemia in a 35-year-old, recent immigrant male arriving from India. The patient presented in our emergency department with a 48-hour history of a worsening, painful swelling of the lower lip. On presentation, he was py...

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Published in:	Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology Vol. 113; no. 6; pp. e22 - e24
Main Authors:	Ghafoor, Mohammed, Halsnad, Moorthy, Fowell, Christopher, Millar, Brian G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Mosby, Inc 01.06.2012
Subjects:	Acetamides - administration & dosage Acute Disease Adult Anti-Infective Agents - administration & dosage Diagnosis, Differential Drug Combinations Humans Impetigo - drug therapy Impetigo - pathology Injections, Intravenous Linezolid Lip Diseases - drug therapy Lip Diseases - pathology Male Metronidazole - administration & dosage Necrosis Oxazolidinones - administration & dosage Surgery
ISSN:	2212-4403, 2212-4411, 2212-4411
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