ALLMedicine™ Cellulitis Center

Jun 28th, 2022 - : Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker with established performance in the differentiation between bacterial and viral infections, predominantly in pulmonary infections, as well as the diagnosis and prognosis of bacterial sepsis. However, the role o...

Jun 26th, 2022 - To investigate prevalence and MRI phenotype of retinoblastoma-associated orbital cellulitis. Additionally, this study aimed to identify postlaminar optic nerve enhancement patterns differentiating between inflammation and tumor invasion. A monocen...

Jun 25th, 2022 - A frequent inflammatory pilosebaceous disorder that affects 80-90% of teenagers, acne vulgaris is still a concern for dermatologists and other doctors in the field of medicine. Acne has a significant psychosocial impact and is responsible for a bi...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Maxillofacial Cellulitis in a Patient With Systematic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report and Literature Review.|2022|Liu J,Yan H,Yang C,Li Y,|

Jun 22nd, 2022 - A healing complication is defined as presence of at least one of the following conditions: infection (superficial or deep), dehiscence (partial, superficial, or deep), or delayed healing (incision not 100% closed within 7 days of the first surgica...

Apr 6th, 2021 - Antimicrobial overuse is a major health care issue that contributes to antibiotic resistance. Such overuse includes unnecessarily long durations of antibiotic therapy in patients with common bacterial infections, such as acute bronchitis with chro...

Aug 31st, 2016 - Postpartum infections remain a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. A high percentage of these infections may stem from bacterial colonization of the umbilicus, because cord care practices vary in reflection of cultural tra...

Nov 10th, 2012 - This article provides an executive summary of the lower extremity venous disease (LEVD) evidence-based guideline produced by the WOCN Wound Guidelines Task Force. The target audience for this guideline is health care professionals who specialize i...

Jun 22nd, 2022 - A healing complication is defined as presence of at least one of the following conditions: infection (superficial or deep), dehiscence (partial, superficial, or deep), or delayed healing (incision not 100% closed within 7 days of the first surgica...

Jun 15th, 2022 - Previous literature estimates the emergency department misdiagnosis rate for cellulitis exceeds 30% due to conditions which can mimic cellulitis (termed pseudocellulitis). These diagnostic errors are associated with an estimated $195 to $515 milli...

May 2nd, 2022 - Background: Cellulitis is a common clinical condition that represents up to 3% of all emergency department (ED) visits. The current treatment failure rate is approximately 20%. This high treatment failure rate may be due to suboptimal dosing of ce...

Apr 8th, 2022 - Background Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common cause of vaginitis in women of childbearing age, with an estimated prevalence of 29% in the general population of women aged 14 to 49 years. Women with symptomatic BV may present with malodoro...

Mar 4th, 2022 - Acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI), formally referred to as complicated skin and soft tissue infections, include infections such as cellulitis/erysipelas, wound infection, and major cutaneous abscess and have a minimum les...

Jun 16th, 2022 - Not long ago, a pediatrician working in a local urgent care clinic called me about a teenage girl with a pruritic rash. She described vesicles and pustules located primarily on the face and arms with no surrounding cellulitis or other exam finding.

Jun 2nd, 2022 - To the Editor: Postirradiation pseudosclerodermatous panniculitis (PIPP) is a rarely reported complication of megavoltage external beam radiotherapy that was first identified in 1993 by Winkelmann et al. 1 The condition presents as an erythematous.

Apr 11th, 2022 - Photographs courtesy of Richard P. Usatine, MD.

Apr 8th, 2022 - There are limited clinical data concerning inpatient and emergency department (ED) dermatologic consultations. The indications for these consultations vary widely, but in one study (N=271), it was found that 21% of inpatient consultations were for.

Mar 29th, 2022 - The cost of care for the more than 14 million cases of cellulitis that occur each year in the United States is in the billions of dollars, but there are multiple opportunities, many involving dermatologists, to dramatically reduce these costs, acc...