Recurrent cellulitis can develop in a variety of settings. Recurrent febrile episodes associated with arm or leg infections, sometimes described as erysipelatous, have been noted for years to occur in the setting of filarial, postoperative, or idiopathic chronic lymphedema. I More recently, recurrent cellulitis has been described as a late complication of coronary artery bypass venectomy,2-8 pe...

The prevalence of and risk factors for abscesses and cellulitis were investigated among a community sample of injection drug users (IDUs). Participants were interviewed, and those with symptoms were examined. Of 169 IDUs, 54 (32%) had abscesses (n=35), cellulitis (n=5), or both (n=14); 27% had lanced their own abscesses; and 16% had self-treated with antibiotics they purchased on the street. ID...

BACKGROUND Cellulitis is a common infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues. It is associated with significant morbidity from necrosectomies and amputations especially in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed at identifying the risk factors and burden of lower limb cellulitis to inform preventive strategies in Cameroon. METHODS This was a hospital-based case-control study carried out in the Bamen...

Cellulitis is a rare manifestation of meningococcal disease. We describe the case of a previously healthy 4-month-old female infant who developed periorbital cellulitis associated with meningococcal meningitis.

Practitioners are often confronted with the mildly to moderately ill child who presents with an area of distinct redness and/or swelling of the skin around the eyelid. This is often accompanied by purulent conjunctival discharge, fever, purulent rhinorrhea, or concomitant acute otitis media. You must then decide whether this is preseptal cellulitis (peri-orbital cellulitis), orbital cellulitis,...

PURPOSE To report the incidence of orbital cellulitis after orbital blowout fracture. DESIGN Retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. PARTICIPANTS All patients with orbital cellulitis and a history of recent orbital fracture. METHODS A medical record review of clinical history, imaging studies, and surgical and treatment outcome was performed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Res...

OBJECTIVES To introduce the surgical technique of 1-point fixation at the zygomaticomaxillary buttress (ZMB) and to verify its effectiveness using 3-dimensional computed tomography (3D CT). DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Academic tertiary care medical center. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study included 29 patients who underwent 1-point fixation at the ZMB for zygomaticomaxillar...

Vol. 28, No. 4, 2016 507 Received March 23, 2015, Revised July 27, 2015, Accepted for publication August 5, 2015 Corresponding author: Moo Kyu Suh, Department of Dermatology, Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital, 87 Dongdae-ro, Gyeongju 38067, Korea. Tel: 82-54-770-8268, Fax: 82-54-770-8378, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Com...

BACKGROUND/AIM Mucormycosis is a rare invasive fungal infection most commonly encountered in the immunocompromised host. We analyzed 51 adult patients treated for mucormycosis between 2003 and 2013 and recorded at a tertiary university hospital in Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined the following data for all patients: age, sex, predisposing disease, symptoms, treatment, surgical proced...