Cellulitis and Soft Tissue Infections Author: Dennis L. Stevens, PhD, MD; Lawrence J. Eron, MD, FACP
Editorial changes - 2009-11-03
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Prevention
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Diagnosis
Consultation for Diagnosis
Hospitalization
Non-drug Therapy
Drug Therapy
Patient Education
Consultation for Management
Follow-up

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Clinical Information
Guideline
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 Guidelines for the management of multi-drug resistant organisms in healthcare settings
   Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force
 Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings
   Hospital Infection Control Practices Committee
 Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999
   Infectious Diseases Society of America
 Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft-tissue infections
   Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
 Guidelines for developing an institutional program to enhance antimicrobial stewardship
   National Comprehensive Cancer Network
 Prevention and treatment of cancer-related infections
   Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
 Guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus
Article
   Annals of Internal Medicine
 Emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA 300 clone as the predominant cause of skin and soft-tissue infections
 A U.S. population-based survey of Staphylococcus aureus colonization
 Surveillance for hospital outbreaks of invasive group a streptococcal infections in Ontario, Canada, 1992 to 2000
 Emergence of multidrug-resistant, community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300 in men who have sex with men
 Universal surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 affiliated hospitals
   Archives of Internal Medicine
 Comparison of short-course (5 days) and standard (10 days) treatment for uncomplicated cellulitis
 A predictive model of recurrent lower extremity cellulitis in a population-based cohort
 Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections at a public hospital: do public housing and incarceration amplify transmission?
 National trends in ambulatory visits and antibiotic prescribing for skin and soft-tissue infections
 Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in home care settings: prevalence, duration, and transmission to household members
   British Medical Journal
 Impact of rapid screening tests on acquisition of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: cluster randomised crossover trial
   Current Infectious Disease Reports
 Recent considerations in recurrent cellulitis
   Journal of the American Medical Association
 Safety and immunogenicity of a recombinant multivalent group a streptococcal vaccine in healthy adults: phase 1 trial
 Invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States
 Epidemiology of invasive group B streptococcal disease in the United States, 1999-2005
   Journal of Hand Surgery: Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand
 The use of prophylactic flucloxacillin in treatment of open fractures of the distal phalanx within an accident and emergency department: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial
   Lancet
 Emergence and resurgence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a public-health threat
 Ertapenem versus piperacillin/tazobactam for diabetic foot infections (SIDESTEP): prospective, randomised, controlled, double-blinded, multicentre trial
 Negative pressure wound therapy after partial diabetic foot amputation: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
 Early changes in the skin microcirculation and muscle metabolism of the diabetic foot
 The global burden of diabetic foot disease
 Treatment for diabetic foot ulcers
 Wound healing and its impairment in the diabetic foot
   New England Journal of Medicine
 Clostridium infections associated with musculoskeletal-tissue allografts
 Necrotizing fasciitis caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Los Angeles
 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in three communities
 Methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections among patients in the emergency department
   Postgraduate Medical Journal
 Necrotizing soft tissue infections
Review
   British Medical Journal
 Necrotising fasciitis
 Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the hospital
   Clinical Evidence
 Cellulitis and erysipelas
   Clinical Medicine
 Management of lower leg cellulitis
   Lancet
 Complete genome sequence of USA300, an epidemic clone of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
   New England Journal of Medicine
 Bacterial infections in drug users
 Clinical practice. Cellulitis
Commentary
   ACP Journal Club
      Cellulitis
 2004 - A 10-day regimen of levofloxacin was not needed in patients with uncomplicated cellulitis who had an acceptable 5-day response
 2000 - A 2-factor model helped rule out early-stage necrotizing fasciitis

Educational Resources
Educational Syllabus
   MKSAP 12
 Skin, Soft Tissue and Bone Infections

Patient Information
Web
 American Osteopathic College of Dermatology: Cellulitis
 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Cellulitis and Erysipelas
 University of Virginia: Cellulitis
 University of Virginia: Cellulitis (Spanish)
FAQs | Patient Information
Dennis L. Stevens, PhD, MD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Lawrence J. Eron, MD, FACP has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Steven E. Weinberger, MD, FACP, Acting Editor, PIER, has stock holdings in Glaxosmithkline and Abbott.


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