(HealthDay)—For people who have suffered from cellulitis of the leg, a long course of low-dose penicillin prevents the painful infection from returning, British researchers report. Once the penicillin ...

For patients with chronic leg edema and recurrent cellulitis, risk for future cellulitis is reduced by 77% by wearing compression stockings or wraps, researchers report. The effect was so striking ...

Cellulitis is an infection of the deep layers of the skin. It develops when bacteria enter through a cut, bite, or wound — including tiny breaks in cracked, dry skin. Common skin-dwelling bacteria, ...

In summer, people spend more time outdoors, making it easy to get small cuts on the skin from bug bites or scrapes.

Antipsychotic Use Up Among U.S. Medicaid-Enrolled Youth Low-dose prophylaxis with penicillin is more effective than placebo in preventing recurrent cellulitis of the leg, but protection disappears ...

I can honestly say that not a week goes by on the infectious diseases service without at least one consult request for cellulitis (and often, there are multiple cases). This has always surprised me — ...

Cellulitis is an infection of the dermal and subcutaneous skin layers that gives rise to red, swollen, hot, and painful skin. Cellulitis sometimes develops on areas of broken skin due to an ulcer or ...

Reviewed by Sally Robertson, B.Sc. Cellulitis is an infection of the deeper skin tissues that leads to redness, pain and swelling across affected areas. The most common cause of cellulitis is ...