Compared with no treatment or placebo, antibiotic prophylaxis decreased the cellulitis incidence rate (RR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.22 to 0.89) and significantly decreased the rate until the next episode ...

In a patient with recurrent cellulitis of the thigh, can the punctum of a follicular cyst in the buttock serve as a portal of entry for the causative bacteria? There appears to be no other ...

In a single-center, non-blinded trial, 41 patients received leg compression therapy plus education on cellulitis prevention, whereas a control group of 43 people received education alone.

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 ...

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 72-year-old woman and have had cellulitis for what seems like forever. Last September, I clipped my toenails and clipped part of my skin with the nail. The next morning ...

Ms. P, a 34-year-old of Hispanic descent, was admitted through the emergency department with complaints of recurrent left buttock pain and swelling and a subjective report of fever.

In patients with recurrent cellulitis, penicillin prevented subsequent attacks during prophylaxis, but the effect diminished progressively after the antibiotic was stopped, according to a double ...

Dear Dr. Douma: My mom suggested I write to you about cellulitis. My husband has had three bouts with it. I would like to know more about this disease and medications to prevent it from recurring ...

For patients with chronic leg edema and recurrent cellulitis, risk for future cellulitis is reduced by 77% by wearing compression stockings or wraps, researchers report. The effect was so striking ...

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 ...