Cellulitis

References

Citations

  1. Dupuy A, et al. (1999). Risk factors for erysipelas of the leg (cellulitis): Case-control study. BMJ, 318(7198): 1591–1594.

  2. Givner LB, et al. (2000). Pneumococcal facial cellulitis in children. Pediatrics, 106(5): 1–4.

  3. Danik SB, et al. (1999). Cellulitis. Cutis, 64(3): 157–164.

  4. Swartz MN, Pasternack MS (2005). Cellulitis section of Cellulitis and subcutaneous tissue infections. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1178–1180. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

  5. Ellis CL (2000). Cellulitis. In RE Rakel, ed., Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, 2nd ed., pp. 1127–1128. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.

Other Works Consulted

  • Habif TP (2004). Cellulitis and erysipelas section of Bacterial infections. In Clinical Dermatology: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy, 4th ed., pp. 273–278. Edinburgh: Mosby.

  • Habif TP, et al. (2005). Cellulitis. In Skin Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd ed., pp. 142–143. Philadelphia: Elsevier Mosby.

  • Stulberg DL, et al. (2002). Common bacterial skin infections. American Family Physician, 66(1): 119–124.

  • Weinberg AN, et al. (2003). Soft-tissue infections: Erysipelas, cellulitis, gangrenous cellulitis, and myonecrosis. In IM Freedberg et al., eds., Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 6th ed., pp. 1883–1895. New York: McGraw-Hill.


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Author: Robin Parks, MSLast Updated: March 22, 2007
Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Randall D. Burr, MD - Dermatology

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