Severe nonbacterial preseptal cellulitis from adenovirus detected via pooled meta-genomic testing

Saurabh Bansal; Divya P Nimmatoori; Namrata Singhania; Rone Chun Lin; Chandra Mouli Nukala; Anil K Singh; Girish Singhania

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3468

Severe nonbacterial preseptal cellulitis from adenovirus detected via pooled meta-genomic testing

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Nov 3;8(12):3503-3506. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3468. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Saurabh Bansal¹, Divya P Nimmatoori², Namrata Singhania³, Rone Chun Lin⁴, Chandra Mouli Nukala⁵, Anil K Singh⁶, Girish Singhania^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Peoria IL USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine GreenField Health Portland OR USA.
³ Department of Hospital Medicine Mount Carmel East Hospital Columbus OH USA.
⁴ Department of Infectious Disease University of Illinois at Peoria Peoria IL USA.
⁵ Department of Hospital Medicine CHI St Vincent Infirmary Little Rock AR USA.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine Geisinger Community Medical Center Scranton PA USA.
⁷ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension University of Utah Salt Lake City UT USA.

Abstract

Preseptal cellulitis is a serious diagnosis that can progress to postseptal cellulitis leading to grave consequences. Clinically, viral and bacterial cellulitis can be indistinguishable from each other. Using rapid DNA/RNA sequencing can be helpful.

Keywords: adenovirus; hemorrhagic conjunctivitis; microbial cell‐free DNA; preseptal cellulitis; steroids.

Publication types

Case Reports