Background: The rise in community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections potentially complicates the empiric management of cellulitis. The threshold at which drugs active ...

Studies suggest that staphylococcus is the main cause of purulent cellulitis, with MRSA predominant, while in nonpurulent cellulitis, β-hemolytic streptococci appear to be more important. The role of ...

Patients with extensive skin involvement, immunosuppression, underlying lymphedema, cirrhosis, cardiac or renal failure, or signs of systemic toxicity have complicated cellulitis. 7 Lymphangitis is an ...

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