To get an accurate diagnosis, some patients need: Medical tests: While a test cannot tell whether you have cellulitis, testing can tell what germs are causing an infection ... An oral (you take by ...

Antibiotic medication is the primary treatment. Once you begin antibiotics, you can expect cellulitis to progress through several stages as the infection starts to heal. Most infections heal ...

Design Retrospective audit of 62 patients presenting with preseptal cellulitis over a 12 month period ... in symptom score between children started on oral versus intravenous antibiotic therapy (2.47 ...

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Of the 102 children, 42 had only preseptal cellulitis and 19 were excluded because of malignancy (6), dacryocystitis (3), immunosuppression (3), trauma (3) postoperative infection (2), and other (2).