Periorbital cellulitis

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Haemophilus influenza organism

Haemophilus influenza organism

Periorbital cellulitis

Periorbital cellulitis is an infection of the tissues surrounding the eye.

Preseptal cellulitis

Periorbital cellulitis is most common in children under age 6.

It can be the result of minor trauma to the area around the eye, or it may extend from another site of infection, such as sinusitis.

Review Date: 12/01/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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