However, high iron levels could also lead to a greater risk of bacterial skin infections, such as
cellulitis and abscesses, researchers said.
Berkvist and Sjobeck studied 112 patients admitted to the hospital with lower-extremity erysipelas /
cellulitis and randomized the patients to receive prednisolone or placebo in addition to antibiotic treatment.
Preseptal
cellulitis is characterized by swelling and redness of the orbital septum that can also spread to the upper cheek and forehead (2).
It is unclear whether the patient owned a dog or had come into contact with the animal before developing
cellulitis.
The differential diagnosis for venous stasis dermatitis includes
cellulitis (which rarely presents bilaterally), deep vein thrombosis, asteatotic dermatitis, erysipelas (more superficial
cellulitis that results in elevated, shiny plaques), pyomyositis, necrotizing fascilitis, leukocytoclastic vasculiotis and allergic contact dermatitis.
She told the ECHO she believed Skye came to pick up the painful skin infection called
cellulitis from being bitten or scratched by a mouse.
Cellulitis has been defined as a bacterial infection of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue [1].
Patients were prospectively enrolled from a convenience sample of adults aged 18 or older presenting to the ED with a chief complaint of skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) including
cellulitis, abscess, abscess with
cellulitis, carbuncle, and furuncles, over a nine-month period including 2016-17, between the hours of 0800 and 1700.
Orbital
cellulitis is an emergency and usually refers to infection spread into the orbital cavity behind the orbital septum.
Infection of the tissues in front of the orbital septum is called preseptal
cellulitis, whereas infection of the tissues behind the septum is defined as orbital
cellulitis (1-3).
A study recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases explores warmer weather as a possible risk factor for
cellulitis. (1) As the United States experiences summer after summer of sweltering weather and humidity, along with the recent spate of hurricanes in North America, it's interesting to think about how the climate affects our patients and puts them at risk.
He has gone from a housebound mountain of a man suffering from asthma and
cellulitis to Fitbit-wearing, vegetable-eating romantic lead material.
A case report of contact dermatitis is mistaken for
cellulitis in an 87-year-old female who received several months of home health wound care treatment for a traumatic ulcer on the anterior lower leg.
Consequently, various infectious factors are associated with the development of anaphylactoid purpura; however, few reports have detailed the association between anaphylactoid purpura and
cellulitis.
