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Hand and finger infections

Contents

  • 1 Background
  • 2 Differential Diagnosis
    • 2.1 Hand and finger infections
      • 2.1.1 Look-Alikes
    • 2.2 Hand and Finger Infections Images
  • 3 See Also
  • 4 References

Background

  • Patients with systemic symptoms due to a hand infection are seriously ill and require inpatient management

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

  • Digital mixoid cyst

Hand and Finger Infections Images

  • Bed bugs

  • Digital mixoid cyst

  • Felon

  • Hand cellulitis (from cat bite)

  • Hand-foot-and-mouth disease

  • Herpetic whitlow

  • Paronychia

  • Scabies

  • Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis

See Also

  • Hand and Finger Diagnoses

References

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Categories:
  • ID
  • Orthopedics
Authors:
  • Ross Donaldson
  • Jordan Swartz
  • Michael Holtz
  • Daniel Ostermayer
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This page was last edited 16:38, 19 July 2017 by Michael Holtz. Donate