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 ...

HealthDay News — Antibiotic prophylaxis can prevent recurrence of cellulitis, according to a review published online June 20 in the Cochrane Library. Adam Dalal, MD, from Beilinson Hospital in Petah ...

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-blind ...

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 ...

Recurrent cellulitis following buttock augmentation The patient's pain and swelling failed to resolve despite previous hospitalization and IV cephalosporin therapy. The patient was admitted through ...

Dear Doctors: My husband and I help my aunt with doctor visits. She has a persistent wound on her foot and was diagnosed with cellulitis. She has confused it with cellulite and isn’t taking it ...

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 ...

Antipsychotic Use Up Among U.S. Medicaid-Enrolled Youth Low-dose prophylaxis with penicillin is more effective than placebo in preventing recurrent cellulitis of the leg, but protection disappears ...

Cellulitis is a term used to describe infection of the dermal and subcutaneous skin layers. The condition is diagnosed based on symptoms and clinical examination to identify the causative bacteria. A ...

Cellulitis is an infection of the dermal and subcutaneous skin layers that gives rise to red, swollen, hot, and painful skin. Cellulitis sometimes develops on areas of broken skin due to an ulcer or ...

My husband and I help my aunt with doctor visits. She has a persistent wound on her foot and was diagnosed with cellulitis. She has confused it with cellulite and isn’t taking it seriously. Can you ...

Dear Doctors: My husband and I help my aunt with doctor visits. She has a persistent wound on her foot and was diagnosed with cellulitis. She has confused it with cellulite and isn’t taking it ...