It usually shows up on the feet and lower legs, but it can affect other parts of the body. While it’s easily treated if caught early, it always pays to be proactive.

Common skin-dwelling bacteria, Staphylococcus or Streptococcus, are the usual culprits. Although cellulitis can occur anywhere on the body, the most common location is the lower leg.

A 78-year-old woman presented to the ED with cellulitis unresponsive to oral antibiotic therapy. She had a 2-week history of progressive lower-extremity redness and swelling.

About a month later, I was diagnosed with a blood clot behind my right knee, along with cellulitis in my right lower leg. My doctor prescribed the blood thinner Eliquis for six months.

The low prevalence of DVT in patients deemed high risk by the Wells' criteria suggests that this evaluation tool is not suitable to this patient group. The overlap of clinical signs such as leg ...

Monday evening, McIngvale told Fox 26 that he had been diagnosed with cellulitis of the leg, a bacterial infection that can spread if not treated properly.

Nurses need to use the best available evidence to assess, diagnose and treat cellulitis, thereby ensuring their patients receive optimal care. Abstract The diagnosis of lower limb cellulitis requires ...

“We estimate cellulitis misdiagnosis leads to 50,000 to 130,000 unnecessary hospitalizations and $195 million to $515 million in avoidable health care spending,” the researchers wrote.

Kim S. Thomas, PhD, from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, and colleagues randomly assigned 274 patients with ≥2 episodes of cellulitis of the leg to receive placebo or 250mg ...

HealthDay News — More than 30% of patients admitted with a diagnosis of lower extremity cellulitis are misdiagnosed, according to a study published online November 2 in JAMA Dermatology. Qing Yu ...

In a single-center, randomized, unblinded trial involving 84 participants with chronic edema of the leg and recurrent cellulitis, the incidences of cellulitis and hospitalizations ...