“I know it when I see it . . . ,” as Justice Potter Stewart famously said of hard-core pornography. Would that this were the case with cellulitis. In principle, cellulitis is simply defined as an acute infection with inflammation of the skin involving the dermis and subcutaneous tissues. In practice, because of the overlapping signs and symptoms of skin infections, the terminology has become bu...

Cellulitis of the lower limb is a common infection seen in primary care resulting in a significant number of hospital admissions per year. The NHS is proposing and developing services to treat patients more effectively in the community to prevent hospital admission. Cycloidal vibration (CV) therapy is a medical device that when combined with standard antibiotic therapy for cellulitis results in...

Recurrent cellulitis can develop in a variety of settings. Recurrent febrile episodes associated with arm or leg infections, sometimes described as erysipelatous, have been noted for years to occur in the setting of filarial, postoperative, or idiopathic chronic lymphedema. I More recently, recurrent cellulitis has been described as a late complication of coronary artery bypass venectomy,2-8 pe...

The prevalence of and risk factors for abscesses and cellulitis were investigated among a community sample of injection drug users (IDUs). Participants were interviewed, and those with symptoms were examined. Of 169 IDUs, 54 (32%) had abscesses (n=35), cellulitis (n=5), or both (n=14); 27% had lanced their own abscesses; and 16% had self-treated with antibiotics they purchased on the street. ID...

BACKGROUND Cellulitis is a common infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues. It is associated with significant morbidity from necrosectomies and amputations especially in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed at identifying the risk factors and burden of lower limb cellulitis to inform preventive strategies in Cameroon. METHODS This was a hospital-based case-control study carried out in the Bamen...

Cellulitis is a rare manifestation of meningococcal disease. We describe the case of a previously healthy 4-month-old female infant who developed periorbital cellulitis associated with meningococcal meningitis.

BACKGROUND/AIMS Deterioration of renal function in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a predictor for in-hospital mortality; however, the clinical significance of renal dysfunction during bacterial infection other than SBP is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of renal dysfunction due to bacterial infections...