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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Patients with systemic symptoms due to a hand infection are seriously ill and require inpatient management | *Patients with systemic symptoms due to a hand infection are seriously ill and require inpatient management | ||
==Evaluation== | |||
{{Hand and finger infections images}} | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
{{Hand Infection DDX}} | {{Hand Infection DDX}} | ||
==Management== | |||
*Depends on specific diagnosis | |||
==Disposition== | |||
*Depends on specific diagnosis | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Hand and Finger Diagnoses]] | *[[Hand and Finger Diagnoses]] | ||
==External Links== | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 19:09, 25 October 2023
Background
- Patients with systemic symptoms due to a hand infection are seriously ill and require inpatient management
Evaluation
Hand and Finger Infections Images
Hand cellulitis (from cat bite)
Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis
Differential Diagnosis
Hand and finger infections
- Bed bugs
- Closed fist infection (Fight Bite)
- Hand cellulitis
- Hand deep space infection
- Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
- Herpetic whitlow
- Felon
- Flexor tenosynovitis
- Paronychia
- Scabies
- Sporotrichosis
Look-Alikes
Management
- Depends on specific diagnosis
Disposition
- Depends on specific diagnosis