noun
definition
An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection
Examples of cellulitis in a Sentence
I'm a home health nurse treating a patient who had cellulitis with ulcerations to bilateral lower extremities.
While neutropenic, one patient developed cellulitis that resolved after hospitalization (see 4.4 and 4.5 ).
Patients face repeat infection An extraordinary three percent of people admitted to hospital have an infection called cellulitis.
Lymphoedema sufferers were prone to the skin infection cellulitis, for which they had to be monitored.
Cellulitis can spread in the skin and involve the lymphatic system causing lymphangitis.
Antibiotic treatment is usually reserved for true cellulitis, purulent wound drainage or presence of abscess.
The infant's heel may be at risk of scarring, infection of the bone, cellulitis (inflammation of cellular tissue), small lumpy calcium deposits.
Lymphadenitis can also occur in conjunction with cellulitis, which is a deep, widespread tissue infection that develops from a cut or sore.
Cellulitis associated with lymphadenitis should not be treated surgically because of the risk of spreading the infection.
Children with untreated lymphadenitis may develop abscesses, cellulitis, or blood poisoning (septicemia), which is sometimes fatal.
The child has two or more deep-seated infections (meningitis, osteomyelitis, sepsis, or cellulitis).
The organism sometimes invades localized areas of tissue, producing meningitis, infectious arthritis, conjunctivitis, cellulitis, epiglottitis, or inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart.
Obesity-related problems include hypoventilation, hyertension, right-sided heart failure, cellulitis, and skin problems with fat folds.
Cellulitis may occur around a cut or sore, but sometimes it seems to just happen on its own.