Sustained benefit of compression therapy for preventing recurrent leg cellulitis: extended follow-up of a randomised controlled trialResearch in context [PDF]
EClinicalMedicineSummary: Background: Recurrent cellulitis causes substantial morbidity, healthcare use, and repeated antibiotic exposure. Chronic oedema is a key modifiable risk factor for incident and recurrent cellulitis, yet preventive strategies targeting oedema ...
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Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of treating opportunistic fungal cellulitis: a case series
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background Cellulitis is an infection most commonly caused by bacteria and successfully treated with antibiotics. However, certain patient populations, especially the immunocompromised, are at risk for fungal cellulitis, which can be misidentified as ...
Jed Paul +3 more
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Antibiotics, 2021 Despite the availability of evidence-based guidelines, antibiotics for cellulitis remain inappropriately prescribed. This evidence–practice gap is more evident in low-resource settings, such as rural hospitals.
Jaclyn Bishop +10 more
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Are there differences in risk factors, microbial aspects, and prognosis of cellulitis between compensated and decompensated hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis? [PDF]
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2019 Background/Aims Cellulitis is a common infection in patients with liver cirrhosis. We aimed to compare risk factors, microbial aspects, and outcomes of cellulitis in compensated and decompensated hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhosis.
Elham Ahmed Hassan +4 more
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Co-relationship between Escherichia coli in broiler cellulitis and liver lesions [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2020 Pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli may invade the subcutaneous tissue of poultry and cause cellulitis, whilst the pathogen may also cause lesions in internal organs such as the liver.
R. M. Silva +5 more
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Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy with Infrared Thermography for Accurate Prediction of Cellulitis
JID Innovations, 2021 Cellulitis is frequently misdiagnosed owing to its clinical mimickers, collectively known as pseudocellulitis. This study investigated diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) alone and in combination with infrared thermography (IRT) for the ...
Adam B. Raff +10 more
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Effect of Using 5% Potassium Permanganate Dressing Solution on Accelerating Cellulitis Healing Process [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2022 Background: Cellulitis is considered as a one of the common acute skin infection which causes pain, swelling and erythema. Moreover, it may carry a socioeconomic burden. Recently, 5% potassium permanganate dressing solution has been extensively used as
Noura Mahmoud Elrefaey +3 more
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Lymphaticovenular anastomosis for recurrent cellulitis in a dementia patient with lymphedema
Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2020 We describe a dementia patient with comorbid recurrent cellulitis and lymphedema in the left lower limb who was treated successfully for recurrent cellulitis by lymphaticovenular anastomosis (LVA).
Shuhei Yoshida, MD, PhD +5 more
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Cellulitis: when to say its treatment failure [PDF]
Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma, 2023 Cellulitis is treated with antibiotics as routine management and based on the literature the cellulitis hospitalization can be avoided by 11% if appropriate antibiotics are used.1 Randomized clinical trials and Cochrane reviews have suggested that oral ...
Sadaf Sheikh
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The risk factors of lower limb cellulitis: A case-control study in a tertiary centre [PDF]
Malaysian Family Physician, 2020 Introduction: Lower limb cellulitis is a common superficial skin infection that leads to morbidity and mortality. Cellulitis risk factors have been well studied in many countries, but to date, not in Malaysia.
Norazirah Md Nor +4 more
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