Cellulitis and skin abscesses are both due to bacterial infections. They may develop separately or together, and they need different treatments. Your skin is home to about 1,000 different species of ...

I can honestly say that not a week goes by on the infectious diseases service without at least one consult request for cellulitis (and often, there are multiple cases). This has always surprised me — ...

Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MDMedically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Cellulitis is a bacterial infection of the skin that can develop from a mosquito or other bug bite. Scratching an ...