PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P E Banwell
AU  - J Pereira
AU  - B W Powell
TI  - Symmetrical necrotising chest wall infection following paronychia.
AID  - 10.1136/emj.15.1.58
DP  - 1998 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine
PG  - 58--59
VI  - 15
IP  - 1
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/15/1/58.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/15/1/58.full
SO  - Arch Emerg Med1998 Jan 01; 15
AB  - Paronychial infection is a common condition seen in the accident and emergency department. Treatment is by antibiotics or incision and drainage under local anaesthetic. Complications are rare but may occur if treatment is delayed or inadequate. A case is described of symmetrical necrotising chest wall infection, of unusual anatomical distribution, that occurred following a paronychia and required surgical debridement and skin grafting.