Risk Factors for Acute Cellulitis of the Lower Limb: A Prospective Case-Control Study | Zendy

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Risk Factors for Acute Cellulitis of the Lower Limb: A Prospective Case-Control Study

Author(s) -

Sigríður Björnsdóttir,

Magnús Gottfreðsson,

Anna Sesselja Þórisdóttir,

Gunnar B. Gunnarsson,

H. Rikardsdottir,

Már Kristjánsson,

Ingibjörg Hilmarsdóttir

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/497127

Subject(s) - cellulitis , medicine , risk factor , cellulite , intensive care medicine , lower limb , foot (prosody) , prospective cohort study , surgery , linguistics , philosophy

Acute bacterial cellulitis is a potentially serious infection that commonly recurs. The identification of preventable risk factors could reduce infection-related morbidity and cost and improve patient management. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with lower-limb cellulitis, including both analysis of risk factors associated with cellulitis in either limb and risk factors in a single limb associated with cellulitis in the same limb. We placed particular emphasis on dermatophytic infections of the foot and bacterial infection and colonization of the toe webs.

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