Quantcast This image displays an infant with cellulitis of the scalp. This image displays tense blisters typical of cellulitis. This image displays blisters and redness ascending up the leg typical of cellulitis, a soft tissue bacterial infection. The common features in cellulitis, a skin and soft tissue infection, are redness, warmth, and swelling of the infected skin. This image displays an infant with early cellulitis. This child had redness, swelling, and warmth of the skin of the forehead typical of cellulitis.
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Cellulitis:
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References


Bolognia, Jean L., ed. Dermatology, pp.1123-1124. New York: Mosby, 2003.

Freedberg, Irwin M., ed. Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. 6th ed, pp. 1845, 1848, 1883. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Last Modified: 29 Jan 2008

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