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Revision as of 19:12, 25 October 2023
Background
- Patients with systemic symptoms due to a hand infection are seriously ill and require inpatient management
Evaluation
- See hand exam
Hand and Finger Infections Images
Hand cellulitis (from cat bite)
Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis
Differential Diagnosis
Hand and finger infections
- Bed bugs
- Closed fist infection (Fight Bite)
- Hand cellulitis
- Hand deep space infection
- Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
- Herpetic whitlow
- Felon
- Flexor tenosynovitis
- Paronychia
- Scabies
- Sporotrichosis
Look-Alikes
Management
- Depends on specific diagnosis
Disposition
- Depends on specific diagnosis