Abstract
Nasal soft tissue infections usually manifests as a simple, localized infection of the vestibule or nasal tip and is typically due to common bacterial skin flora such as Staphylococcus aureus. The nose, with its hair-bearing regions anteriorly, is conducive to both bacterial colonization and infection. Although nasal vestibulitis has not been mentioned much in the literature, nasal bacterial colonization has be extensively studied in an effort to understand and reduce the incidence of both community acquired and hospital acquired soft tissue infections that may have its bacterial origins in the flora of the anterior nasal cavity. Colonization with S. aureus, both methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant, has been shown to have a three to six time increased risk of health-care associated infection when compared to intermittent or non-carriers of S. aureus. Treatment with intranasal topical mupirocin has been shown to be effective for decolonization as well as for resolution of active infection. This chapter will briefly touch upon diagnosis and treatment of nasal vestibulitis with a detailed focus on the role of nasal carriage on infections caused by bacteria such as S. aureus.
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Vilela, R.J. (2016). Nasal Soft Tissue Infections. In: Valdez, T., Vallejo, J. (eds) Infectious Diseases in Pediatric Otolaryngology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21744-4_6
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