Facial skin infections

Bacterial infections of the oral mucosa

“…The S. aureus oral carriage rate seems to increase with increasing age (150). S. aureus is frequently recovered from infections of the facial skin and the lips (38). As the nares is the main reservoir for S. aureus , it is understandable that the organism will occasionally be present in saliva and on the oral mucosa (62, 97).…”

Preseptal Cellulitis and Other Facial Skin Infections in Children

“…Damaged skin, contact with animate and inanimate environmental sources, and exposure to antimicrobial agents or indwelling devices can modify the skin flora and predispose to infection by the resident or acquired transient flora. Predisposing factors to infection are preexisting skin disease, poor hygiene, minor trauma, and impaired host immunity [26][27][28].…”

“…At the beginning of infection, the differential diagnosis may necessitate being made with vesicular skin lesions such as in VZV and HSV infections. However, in these infections, vesiculae usually contain whitish fluid and not pus, and transformation of lesions into the pustular and crusted stage is typical in impetigo [26][27][28][29]. Although impetigo has a mild clinical course it is quite contagious, and the child should be isolated until an effective treatment has been given.…”

“…Several serotypes of S. pyogenes termed "impetigo strains" are different from those that cause pharyngitis, cause nonbullous impetigo (Fig. 58.3) [26][27][28]31].…”

Non‐odontogenic infections in dentistry

“…Facial skin infections are another group of diseases that are seldom reviewed in dentistry (9). Facial skin infections, such as angular cheilitis, are quite common in the dental patient.…”