"Cellulitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An acute, diffuse, and suppurative inflammation of loose connective tissue, particularly the deep subcutaneous tissues, and sometimes muscle, which is most commonly seen as a result of infection of a wound, ulcer, or other skin lesions.
| Descriptor ID |
D002481
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.800.130 C01.539.830.200 C17.300.185 C23.550.470.756.200
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cellulitis" by people in Profiles.
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Mori MT, Paulson CL, Greenberg MR, Roth KR. Point-of-care ultrasound utilized for foreign body in a toe: A case report of botfly?larvae. J Emerg Med. 2022 06; 62(6):e105-e107.
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Whitaker CM, Low S, Gorbachova T, Raphael JS, Williamson C. Imaging and Laboratory Workup for Hand Infections. Hand Clin. 2020 08; 36(3):285-299.
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Klein DA, Lee BH, Bezhani H, Droukas DD, Stoffels G. The Clinical Utility of MRI in Evaluating for Osteomyelitis in Patients Presenting with Uncomplicated Cellulitis. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2020 Mar - Apr; 59(2):323-329.
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Gittens AT, Clarke JD, Abdelbaki S, Kwon JS. A 72-Year-Old Man With a Violaceous Rash?and Sepsis. Chest. 2020 02; 157(2):e41-e45.
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Ebob-Anya BA, Bassah N, Palle JN. Management of cellulitis and the role of the nurse: a 5-year retrospective multicentre study in Fako, Cameroon. BMC Res Notes. 2019 Jul 23; 12(1):452.
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Savage SA, Li SW, Utter GH, Cox JA, Wydo SM, Cahill K, Sarani B, Holzmacher J, Duane TM, Gandhi RR, Zielinski MD, Ray-Zack M, Tierney J, Chapin T, Murphy PB, Vogt KN, Schroeppel TJ, Callaghan E, Kobayashi L, Coimbra R, Schuster KM, Gillaspie D, Timsina L, Louis A, Crandall M. The EGS grading scale for skin and soft-tissue infections is predictive of poor outcomes: a multicenter validation study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 04; 86(4):601-608.
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Kansal V, Rahimy E, Garg S, Dollin M. Endogenous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis secondary to axillary phlegmon: a case report. Can J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jun; 52(3):e97-e99.
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Sauler A, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Point-of-care ultrasound differentiates pyomyositis from cellulitis. Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Mar; 33(3):482.e3-5.
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Osterman M, Draeger R, Stern P. Acute hand infections. J Hand Surg Am. 2014 Aug; 39(8):1628-35; quiz 1635.
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Dwyer LL, Harris-Kojetin LD, Valverde RH, Frazier JM, Simon AE, Stone ND, Thompson ND. Infections in long-term care populations in the United States. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Mar; 61(3):342-9.