Can children with preseptal cellulitis requiring IV antibiotics be treated as outpatients?

Date First Published:

January 5, 2016

Last Updated:

January 5, 2016

Report by:

Laila Ibrahim, Paediatric Registrar (The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne)

Search checked by:

cellulitis, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

Three-Part Question:

[In children with preseptal cellulitis requiring intravenous antibiotics] is [once daily ceftriaxone an option for outpatient treatment] for [clinical improvement of preseptal cellulitis]