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Preseptal or Orbital Cellulitis Clinical Pathway, All Settings – Laboratory Studies

Preseptal or Orbital Cellulitis Clinical Pathway — All Settings

Laboratory Studies

Laboratory studies are not recommended for management of healthy children with isolated orbital cellulitis and no systemic symptoms other than fever.
ED, Inpatient and PICU Sepsis Pathway.

Specific Considerations

Send wound cultures if child requires surgical management

  • The following are not routinely recommended:
    • Ocular surface cultures
    • Blood cultures
    • CBC, ESR and CRP
    • MRSA nasal swab

 

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