Oral antibiotics typically treat cellulitis, but severe cases can require IV antibiotics. Cleaning and draining the wound helps prevent more bacteria from entering. Elevating the affected limb and ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: What causes cellulitis, and how is it treated? A: Cellulitis is a bacterial infection that typically affects the deeper layers of your skin and the layer of fat just beneath. It's ...

Mrs B did not return to the emergency department or see a doctor within two days; instead she waited four days and then went to her private physician complaining of a fever and severe right leg pain.

Cellulitis treated with a six-day course of intravenous antibiotic flucloxacillin resulted in greater rates of relapse at 90 days post treatment despite having similar short-term results to that of ...

Synopsis: Investigators enrolled 200 patients presenting to an emergency department for whom intravenous antibiotic therapy was necessary. Patients with two or more signs of sepsis, severe cellulitis, ...

The editors and current author would like to thank and acknowledge the significant contribution of the previous author of this chapter from the 2004 first edition, Dr. Leo U. Pascua. This current ...

Early recognition is the first step to managing this common skin infection. “I actually thought it was an infected breast cyst, so I waited to see if it would go away on its own,” Mary recalls. When ...

In a recent study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers described two cases of human monkeypox (MPX) and deep skin infection. Human MPX is a zoonotic disease ...