Cellulitis

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1009 relevant articles (46 outcomes, 53 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: An acute, diffuse, and suppurative inflammation of loose connective tissue, particularly the deep subcutaneous tissues, and sometimes muscle, which is most commonly seen as a result of infection of a wound, ulcer, or other skin lesions.

Also Known As:

Phlegmon

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Disease Context: Research Results

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses

Infection: 210965

Suppuration: 1181

Cellulitis: 1009

Infectious Skin Diseases: 10

Cellulitis: 1009

Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Connective Tissue Diseases: 1633

Cellulitis: 1009

Orbital Cellulitis: 80

Signs and Symptoms Pathological Conditions

Pathologic Processes: 2211

Inflammation: 68696

Suppuration: 1181

Cellulitis: 1009

Related Diseases

1.	Infection
2.	Wounds and Injuries (Trauma)
3.	Abscess
4.	Ulcer
5.	Pneumonia (Pneumonitis)

Experts

1.	Athan, Eugene: 2 articles (01/2008 - 06/2002)
2.	Lignani, Alessandra: 1 article (08/2008)
3.	Giovenale, Paolo: 1 article (08/2008)
4.	Terenzi, Adelmo: 1 article (08/2008)
5.	Verzini, Fabio: 1 article (08/2008)
6.	Pitzurra, Lucia: 1 article (08/2008)
7.	Lapalorcia, Luigi Maria: 1 article (08/2008)
8.	Lappin, Richard I: 1 article (08/2008)
9.	Baldelli, Franco: 1 article (08/2008)
10.	Gurdo, Grazia: 1 article (08/2008)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Cellulitis:

1.	Anti-Bacterial Agents (Antibiotics)IBA 09/01/2008 - "Four patients developed cellulitis near the cervical gastric tube site and were treated successfully with antibiotics and/or tube removal" 10/01/1997 - "When diffuse cervical cellulitis is suspected, early and adapted aggressive treatment must be initiated immediately: suppression of the causal factor, surgical exploration with repeated drainage depending on the clinical course assessed on CT scans, antibiotics effective against the aero-anaerobic flora" 12/01/1991 - "We conclude that early hospitalization and aggressive parenteral antibiotics are effective in resolving periorbital cellulitis" 07/01/1988 - "After 24 to 48 hours of parenteral antibiotics, 12 patients (57%) had improved sufficiently and were continued on antibiotics until resolution (cellulitis group)" 07/01/2006 - "He presents after two episodes of cellulitis of his right lower leg and forefoot, which have cleared on antibiotics" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Penicillins (Penicillin)FDA Link 05/01/2007 - "Serotype 19 Streptococcus pneumoniae with abnormal susceptibility to penicillin (MIC: 0.75 mg/l) was isolated from cellulitis and in blood culture" 12/01/2004 - "Cellulitis due to penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae]" 01/01/1997 - "Cellulitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae with diminished susceptibility to penicillin in an immunocompromised patient." 02/01/1989 - "Beyond 2-3 years of age, all organisms may be the cause of cellulitis, but the most likely are Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus, treatment consists in administration of either a penicillin M or a macrolide, the route being selected according to the general condition and site of the cellulitis." 03/01/1986 - "In one patient, pneumococcal cellulitis necessitating treatment with benzyl penicillin arose post-operatively at the exit site of an external biliary drainage tube" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Ampicillin (Omnipen)FDA LinkGeneric 03/01/1986 - "Buccal cellulitis in an infant due to ampicillin-resistant Hemophilus influenzae." 11/01/1980 - "Ampicillin-resistant H influenzae cellulitis and shock in an adult." 10/01/1989 - "We report in a 13 months old child, with measles, a case of cellulitis, otitis and meningitis due to ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae Two facts are emphasized: the promoting aspect of measles/malnutrition and the empirical treatment of meningitis in resistant Haemophilus influenzae in tropical areas." 06/01/1979 - "Six soft tissue infections (three epiglottitis, one cellulitis, one pneumonia, and one arthritis) with ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae were treated initially with high doses of ampicillin (200 to 400 mg/kg/day intravenously) alone and had good clinical responses" 01/01/1983 - "The antibiotic was found to be effective in acute lobar pneumonia, pyogenic meningitis, acute and chronic bronchitis, acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, cellulitis, furunculosis, and pyomyositis caused by such ampicillin-sensitive organisms as Neisseria meningitidis, Diplococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Escherichia coli" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Cefazolin (Ancef)FDA LinkGeneric 10/01/2005 - "CONCLUSION: Low re-admission rates verify the efficacy of cephazolin 2 g twice daily in treating cellulitis in the home environment" 10/01/2005 - "OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of using intravenous cephazolin as a first line antibiotic for the treatment of cellulitis in a supervised outpatient programme" 11/16/1998 - "CONCLUSIONS: Twice-daily cefazolin 2 g intravenously is a convenient and effective option for home-based treatment of patients with cellulitis" 11/16/1998 - "OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical outcome and pharmacokinetics of therapy with cefazolin for patients with cellulitis in a hospital-in-the-home (HIH) program" 11/16/1998 - "Home-based treatment of cellulitis with twice-daily cefazolin." Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Floxacillin (Flucloxacillin)IBA 08/01/2007 - "The cellulitis responded to oral flucloxacillin" 08/01/2001 - "The efficacy of continuous infusion flucloxacillin in home therapy for serious staphylococcal infections and cellulitis." 01/01/1989 - "Facial cellulitis responsive to flucloxacillin in acute leukemia." 12/01/2001 - "The analysis in this model predicts that initiating empirical treatment of cellulitis with linezolid will (1) result in higher overall success rates than flucloxacillin for first-line treatment, regardless of resistance risk and (2) be less costly than initiating treatment with flucloxacillin when the likelihood of a patient being infected by a resistant pathogen is greater than 24.1%" 05/01/2005 - "CONCLUSIONS: This study provides no evidence to support the addition of intravenous benzylpenicillin to intravenous flucloxacillin in the treatment of lower limb cellulitis." Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	Cephalexin (Cefalexin)FDA LinkGeneric 06/01/2000 - "RESULTS: Eleven (2.8%) of 393 study patients had been initially treated with cephalexin prior to our evaluation; 9 (82%) were originally diagnosed with cellulitis" 11/01/2008 - "Cephalexin remains preferred oral antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated cellulitis." 01/01/2007 - "CONCLUSIONS: Cephalexin remains a cost-effective therapy for outpatient management of cellulitis at current estimated MRSA levels" 02/01/2000 - "These data suggest that cephalexin's efficacy was less than that of other antimicrobials in treating cellulitis, possibly related to concurrent acid suppression." 02/01/2000 - "We reviewed records of outpatients to determine the therapeutic failure rate of cephalexin in treating uncomplicated cellulitis" Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	sultamicillin (ampicillin-sulbactam)FDA LinkGeneric 09/01/1989 - "Ampicillin/sulbactam represents a potentially useful single agent for the treatment of cellulitis and bone or joint infections in pediatric patients." 01/01/2007 - "In comparative clinical trials, ampicillin/sulbactam has proved to be a significant drug in the therapeutic armamentarium for lower respiratory tract infections and aspiration pneumonia, gynaecological/obstetrical infections, intra-abdominal infections, paediatric infections such as acute epiglottitis and periorbital cellulitis, diabetic foot infections, and skin and soft tissue infections" 03/01/1995 - "In cellulitis, ampicillin/sulbactam and cefazolin produced clinical cure or improvement in 100% and 91.7% of patients, respectively; duration of hospitalization was 7.7 and 7.2 days" 03/01/2007 - "Clindamycin versus Unasyn in the treatment of facial cellulitis of odontogenic origin in children." 03/01/2007 - "The study was undertaken to characterize the microbiology of dental abscesses in children and to compare clindamycin and ampicillin/sulbactam in the treatment of facial cellulitis of odontogenic origin" Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	Penicillin G (Benzylpenicillin)FDA LinkGeneric 12/01/1994 - "Intravenous therapy with penicillin G was instituted initially on account of GABHS cellulitis and bacteremia" 01/01/1992 - "Because of clinical signs suggestive of erysipelas, the disease was initially treated without success with penicillin G, which raises questions concerning the choice of the initial antibiotic therapy for cellulitis of the leg in immunocompromised patients, pending the bacteriological results" 05/01/2005 - "CONCLUSIONS: This study provides no evidence to support the addition of intravenous benzylpenicillin to intravenous flucloxacillin in the treatment of lower limb cellulitis." 05/01/2005 - "Flucloxacillin alone or combined with benzylpenicillin to treat lower limb cellulitis: a randomised controlled trial." 03/01/2008 - "He was treated with sodium penicillin, cloxacillin and ceftriazone and the phlegmon was drained surgically" Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	Sulbactam FDA LinkGeneric 05/01/2008 - "We observed that sulbactam-ampicillin was a safe and effective choice of treatment in orbital and preseptal cellulitis in our cases." 05/01/1999 - "The objective of this study was to determine the PK of ampicillin and sulbactam in pediatric patients with intra-abdominal infection, skin and/or skin structure infection, or periorbital-preseptal and facial cellulitis" 03/01/1989 - "Sulbactam/ampicillin (SBT/ABPC) was given intravenously to 20 children with the following acute bacterial infections; 14 cases of pneumonia, 2 cases of purulent cervical lymphadenitis and 1 case each of bronchitis, pyothorax, cellulitis, and purulent meningitis" 03/01/1989 - "Plasma and urine concentrations of sulbactam (SBT) and ampicillin (ABPC) were determined following bolus administration of injectable SBT/ABPC combined in a fixed ratio of 1:2 to 6 pediatric patients, 3 at a dose of 30 mg/kg and the other 3 at 60 mg/kg. Clinical and bacteriological efficacies of SBT/ABPC were evaluated in a total of 65 patients composed of 45 cases with pneumonia, 3 cases each with bronchitis, urinary tract infections, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, purulent lymphadenitis, 2 cases each with tonsillitis, pleuropneumonia, phlegmon and 1 case each with pyothorax, submaxillitis" 03/01/1995 - "This randomized, double-blind study compared 1 g of ampicillin plus 0.5 g of sulbactam with 0.5 g of cefazolin in the treatment of cellulitis and with 1 g of cefoxitin in other skin and skin-structure infections" Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	Cefotaxime (Kendrick)FDA LinkGeneric 04/01/1988 - "hydrophila cellulitis to cefotaxime is likewise undescribed" 09/01/1982 - "In a series of open, noncomparative studies, cefotaxime was given to 360 hospitalized patients with bacterial wound infections such as cellulitis, abscesses, or necrotizing ulcers of the skin or subcutaneous tissues" 04/27/1987 - "The effectiveness and safety of orally administered ciprofloxacin and intravenously administered cefotaxime were compared in a double-blind study of 60 men with infections of skin and soft tissue, including cellulitis, ulcers, abscesses, cellulitis with ulcers or abscesses, wound infections, and post-traumatic infections" 04/01/2001 - "Three children with septic arthritis and 1 with cellulitis had infections caused by strains with an MIC to ceftriaxone of 1.0 microg/ml. Most were treated with parenteral ceftriaxone, cefotaxime or cefuroxime for one or more doses followed by an oral antibiotic" 01/01/1985 - "Within the limitations of the data reviewed, cefotaxime appeared to be a safe and effective therapy in greater than 90% of infections including cellulitis, abscesses and necrotizing ulcers of the skin and subcutaneous tissues when associated with the isolation of susceptible gram-negative bacilli, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, or aerobic or anaerobic gram-positive pathogens susceptible to aqueous penicillin G" Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Debridement 12/01/2007 - "Six weeks after the initial surgical debridement, he developed a phlegmon" 09/01/2003 - "MATERIAL AND METHODS: Between 1998 and 2002, the authors treated 14 patients by surgical debridement following Fournier's perineo-perianal cellulitis" 02/01/2003 - "The presence of an infected phlegmon requires surgical debridement and drainage" 05/01/2001 - "This case report documents a prolonged hospital stay, possibly caused by delay in administration of antitoxin in a patient with cellulitis that was not considered appropriate for debridement." 01/01/1989 - "Both patients had necrotizing cellulitis due to Streptococcus pyogenes, and both patients required extensive surgical debridement" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Amputation 12/01/1995 - "The cellulitis was caused in part by Rhizopus microsporus var. microsporus and was cured by amputation" 12/15/2008 - "The incidence of worsening cellulitis (2%-4%) and amputation (2%-3%) did not differ significantly between treatment arms" 01/01/2001 - "Two months before he had undergone amputation of the V-finger of the left hand secondary to a phlegmon caused by an agricultural injury" 01/01/1999 - "The phlegmon opening was the definitive intervention in 85% of patients, the phlegmon opening with fingers amputation--in 67%, the phlegmon opening and Sharp operation--in 87%" 01/01/1996 - "Amputation through the lower third of the thigh is indicated in phlegmon of the leg" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Aftercare (After-Treatment) 09/01/2005 - "Clinicians should be aware of LE around the carotid artery in patients with post-operative radiotherapy because of the possible risk of neck cellulitis at least 1 year after treatment." 10/01/2006 - "Risk of lymphedema and its complications (cellulitis, psychological and aesthetic discomfort) may be reduce by improvement in radiotherapy methods, sentinel lymph node biopsy, weight control, maintain of level physical activity after treatment and avoidance of skin puncture on ipsilateral arm." 08/02/2007 - "Cellulitis after treatment for breast cancer." 06/01/1996 - "Since 1980, the authors have not routinely removed an appendix on an interval basis after treatment of a ruptured appendiceal mass (phlegmon and/or abscess)" 06/01/1993 - "Bacterial vaginosis has an important role in the development of clinical chorioamnionitis, postpartum endometritis, posthysterectomy vaginal-cuff cellulitis, postabortion pelvic inflammatory disease, and upper genital tract infections such as amniotic fluid infection and chorioamnion infection associated with premature delivery." Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Solid-State Lasers 08/01/2006 - "CONCLUSION: The long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser is effective in attenuating the progression of dissecting cellulitis without appreciable adverse cutaneous side effects" 08/01/2006 - "METHODS: This observational study followed four patients with long-standing dissecting cellulitis through consecutive treatments with the long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser without epidermal cooling" 08/01/2006 - "Dissecting cellulitis treated with the long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser." 05/01/2007 - "Management options range from observation, comfort cares, empirical antibiotic treatment for LM cellulitis to sclerotherapy, surgical excision and Nd:YAG laser for selected cases" 01/01/1999 - "METHODS: Three patients with various scarring follicular disorders (dissecting cellulitis of the scalp, keratosis pilaris spinulosa decalvans, and pseudofolliculitis barbae) were treated with the long-pulse non-Q-switched ruby laser and followed clinically" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Gastrostomy 12/01/1998 - "The cellulitis extended to the nasopharynx, compromising the airway and necessitating a gastrostomy for feeding" 11/01/1996 - "General complications of laparoscopic gastrostomy include development of gastrocutaneous fistulae (2/141), perigastrostomy cellulitis (8/141), and the formation of granulation tissue at the gastrostomy site (45/141)" 11/01/1989 - "Candida cellulitis: a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy." 09/01/2001 - "RESULTS: Soreness and erythema near the gastrostomy site reported by the patient were diagnosed as cellulitis, and two courses of antibiotic treatment were prescribed" 09/01/1989 - "Vomiting associated with feeding (3 cats) and localized cellulitis at the gastrostomy site (2 cats) were the most frequent complications" Order ALL the reference details at left...

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