Cellulitis is a common bacterial skin infection that can cause skin to become painful and discolored. If left untreated, the infection can spread and cause serious complications. There are over 14 ...

Imaging helped lead to the diagnosis and treatment of a 2-year-old girl who developed the life-threatening condition orbital cellulitis due to a dental abscess. The details were published on April 9 ...

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 ...

Your skin usually deflects any bacteria it encounters, protecting you from all sorts of infections. However, when you get a bug bite or a rash, some of that bacteria can sneak in, potentially causing ...

Cellulitis treatment typically includes taking oral or IV antibiotics and keeping the area clean. This skin infection causes redness, pain, and swelling. Cellulitis is usually easy for a healthcare ...

A 15-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a swollen left upper eyelid. The patient admitted to picking at a pimple the week prior, and the lid became increasingly swollen over ...

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 ...

Chi Mei Medical Center said Thursday that a 20-year study by its team found monthly antibiotic injections can significantly lower the risk of repeated cellulitis infections, CNA reported. At a press ...

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine on treatment of skin infections compares treatment with trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX, Bactrim or Septra) or clindamycin. Surprisingly, both ...

Although most people don’t realize it, but a simple cut, mosquito bite or case of athlete’s foot can lead to a an infection of the foot called cellulitis. Foot cellulitis may sound harmless but this ...

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 ...