7/24/2019 Cellulitis is a Suppurative Inflammation Involving Subcutaneous Tissue

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Cellulitis is a suppurative infammation involving subcutaneous tissue, caused most

requently by S. pyogenes or S. aureus. Usually, but not always, this ollows some

discernible wound. On the leg tinea pedis is the most common portal o entry. Mild

local erythema and tenderness, malaise and chilly sensations or a sudden chill and

ever may be present at the onset. he rythema rapidly becomes intense and

spreads. he area becomes in!ltrated and pits on pressure. Sometimes the centralpart become nodular and surmounted by a vesicle that ruptures and discharges pus

and necrotic material. Strea"s o lymphangitis may spread rom the area to the

neighboring lymph glands. #angrene, metastatic abscesses, and grave sepsis may

ollow. hese complication are unusual in immunocompetent adults, but children