Soft Tissue Abscess Secondary to Toy Gun Pellet Related Blunt Trauma; A Case Report

Nepesov M. I., DİNLEYİCİ M., KILIÇ Ö.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION, vol.11, no.4, pp.183-185, 2017 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/ced.201745
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.183-185
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Traumas with toys may lead to morbidity and mortality. Rarely, in traumas with toy guns, infection-related complications has been reported. A three-year-old girl was treated with antibiotics and surgical drainage for abscess that occur at her ankle after toy gun bullet trauma. Features of toys should be checked legally and controlled by parents.