Cellulitis is an infection of the deep layers of the skin. It develops when bacteria enter through a cut, bite, or wound — including tiny breaks in cracked, dry skin. Common skin-dwelling bacteria, ...

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 ...

Thermal imaging combined with a predictive model that relies on routine clinical and laboratory parameters proved better at ruling out cellulitis in the emergency department (ED) compared with either ...

Dear Doctor: It took visiting four different doctors to get an accurate diagnosis of cellulitis. From what I’ve read, that’s pretty common. There are many troubling things about it, including ...

Cellulitis is an infection of the subcutaneous fat that is so closely related to erysipelas, an infection of the dermis, that some authorities use the terms interchangeably. Unlike erysipelas, the ...

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 ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am having a serious, lengthy battle with cellulitis on my lower leg. For nearly three months, nothing any doctor has recommended or prescribed has worked. The inflammation and skin ...

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 among participants ...

The bacteria most commonly associated with cellulitis are streptococcus and staphylococcus, but there are a growing number of cases with a serious staphylococcus infection called methicillin-resistant ...