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Cellulitis : Treatments

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Treatments Overview Articles

Cellulitis
Cellulitis treatment may require hospitalization if it is severe enough to warrant intravenous antibiotics and close observation. At other times, treatment with oral antibiotics and close outpatient follow-up is enough. Treatment is focused on con...
Source:ADAM
Date:July 27, 2006
Cellulitis
Antibiotic treatment is the only way to battle this potentially life-threatening infection. Mild to moderate cellulitis can be treated with the following antibiotics taken every four to eight hours by mouth: penicillins (Bicillin, Wycillin, Pen Ve...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Treatments Articles

Abscess Incision & Drainage
An infected skin nodule that contains pus may need to be drained via a cut if it does not respond to antibiotics . This allows the pus to escape, and the infection to heal.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Abscess Incision and Drainage
An abscess is an infected skin nodule containing pus. It may need to be drained via an incision (cut) if the pus does not resolve with treatment by antibiotics .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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