Evidence-based On-call

internal medicine

infectious disease

Cellulitis

Prevalence
Clinical features
Differential Diagnosis
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis

Prevention

Clean wounds with povidone-iodine. ^b Check patients are not allergic to iodine.

^d

Give prophylactic antibiotics for

dog bites ^a
human bites ^d - remember to cover anaerobes (e.g. co-amoxiclav)

There is no clear benefit in prescribing prophylactic antibiotics for

simple wounds ^a

burns ^d

Expiry date: January 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Authors	J Epling , CM Ball
Reviewer	C Conlon
CAT Writers	J Epling , CM Ball