Hand infections: basic principles and management. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: An untreated hand infection can lead rapidly to tissue destruction and permanent disability. METHODS: Review of the pertinent English literature. RESULTS: Early diagnosis and timely, effective intervention is crucial to treatment. Anatomically, the hand consists of multiple potential spaces and tissue planes that can become infected with a wide variety of organisms. Thus, a working knowledge of hand anatomy as well as pharmalogical therapies is imperative for successful management. CONCLUSIONS: Knowledge of the basic principles of hand care, relevant anatomy, infectious organisms, and clinical signs of an unusually aggressive infection greatly improves treatment efficacy.

publication date

  • January 1, 2004

Research

keywords

  • Bacterial Infections
  • Connective Tissue Diseases
  • Hand

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 10944248092

PubMed ID

  • 15353120

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 5

issue

  • 2