Meningitis complicating acute bacteremic facial cellulitis

Inpatient preseptal cellulitis: experience from a tertiary eye care centre

“…Meningitis can occur in the absence of significant clinical signs 35. Baker and Bausher36 studied acute bacteraemic facial cellulitis in 80 patients, and seven patients were found to have culture-proven meningitis. The authors concluded that meningitis may occur in association with acute bacteraemic facial cellulitis and may be unapparent clinically.…”

Retrospective Study of Pediatric Facial Cellulitis of Odontogenic Origin

“…Complications associated with upper face infections include local periorbital cellulitis and cavernous sinus thrombosis, systemic meningitis and sepsis. [12][13][14] Lower face infections can spread to the facial space, leading to Ludwig's angina and secondary respiratory embarrassment. 5 Aggressive management of cellulitis through the use of antibiotics is essential for rapid resolution of the infection with minimal morbidity.…”

Cellulitis in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease: A population‐based study

“… Denominators indicate number of cases for which information was available. ‘Others’ refers to collated information from case reports and series ranging from three to 12 cases 4,11,19–21,26–36,38,41–47 …”

“…The 19% of cases managed as outpatients were all from one case series 9 . Complications occurred in 1.2% of reported cases 11,21 , 33–36,38 , 41–47 …”