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Ultrasound features of purulent skin and soft tissue infection without abscess

Ultrasound features of purulent skin and soft tissue infection without abscess Purpose Ultrasound (US) aids clinical management of skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) by differentiating non-purulent cellulitis from abscess. However, purulent SSTI may be present without abscess. Guidelines recommend incision and drainage (I & D) for purulent SSTI, but US descriptions of purulent SSTI without abscess are lacking. Methods We retrospectively reviewed pediatric emergency department patients with US of the buttock read as negative for abscess. We identified US features of SSTI with adequate interobserver agreement (kappa > 0.45). Six independent observers then ranked presence or absence of these features on US exams. We studied association between US features and positive wound culture using logistic regression models (significance at p <0.05). Results Of 217 children, 35 patients (16%) had cultures positive for pathogens by 8 h after US and 61 patients (32%) had cultures positive by 48 h after US. We found kappa > 0.45 for focal collection > 1.0 cm (κ = 0.57), hyperemia (κ =0.57), swirling with compression (κ = 0.52), posterior acoustic enhancement (κ = 0.47), and cobblestoning or branching interstitial fluid (κ =0.45). Only cobblestoning or interstitial fluid was associated with positive wound cultures in logistic regression models at 8 and 48 h. Conclusions Cobblestoning http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Emergency Radiology Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2018 by American Society of Emergency Radiology
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Imaging / Radiology; Emergency Medicine
ISSN
1070-3004
eISSN
1438-1435
DOI
10.1007/s10140-018-1612-0
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Abstract

Purpose Ultrasound (US) aids clinical management of skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) by differentiating non-purulent cellulitis from abscess. However, purulent SSTI may be present without abscess. Guidelines recommend incision and drainage (I & D) for purulent SSTI, but US descriptions of purulent SSTI without abscess are lacking. Methods We retrospectively reviewed pediatric emergency department patients with US of the buttock read as negative for abscess. We identified US features of SSTI with adequate interobserver agreement (kappa > 0.45). Six independent observers then ranked presence or absence of these features on US exams. We studied association between US features and positive wound culture using logistic regression models (significance at p <0.05). Results Of 217 children, 35 patients (16%) had cultures positive for pathogens by 8 h after US and 61 patients (32%) had cultures positive by 48 h after US. We found kappa > 0.45 for focal collection > 1.0 cm (κ = 0.57), hyperemia (κ =0.57), swirling with compression (κ = 0.52), posterior acoustic enhancement (κ = 0.47), and cobblestoning or branching interstitial fluid (κ =0.45). Only cobblestoning or interstitial fluid was associated with positive wound cultures in logistic regression models at 8 and 48 h. Conclusions Cobblestoning

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Emergency Radiology – Springer Journals

Published: Jun 6, 2018

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