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INFECTED CEPHALHAEMATOMA
Author(s) -
TAN K. L.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1972.tb01800.x
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , intensive care medicine , surgery
SYNOPSIS A cephalhaematoma is a frequent complication of the process of birth, and very rarely becomes infected. Two cases of infected cephalhaematoma, both by gram negative organisms, are presented and the problem of infection in cephalhaematomas is reviewed.