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Cellulitis Learning Center
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You are very sick (very high temperature, blood pressure problems, nausea and vomiting that does not go away) You have been on antibiotics and the infection is getting worse; Your immune system is not working well (due to cancer, HIV)
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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...
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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.
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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 . This allows the pus to escape, the infection to be treated, and the abscess to heal.
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