Cellulitis is a common disease in the dermatological field 1 and we sometimes encounter abscess-forming cases. The clinical symptoms of the abscess cases continue unless the abscess receives incision and cleaning. It is assumed that abscess cases have some specific features in the causes, symptoms, laboratory values, bacteriological profiles, clinical courses, etc. that are distinct from non-abscess cases. Several statistical reports have described the risk factors for cellulitis, initial response to the treatment, underlying diseases, etc. [2][3][4] However, cases of cellulitis with abscess have received little focus, 5 and clinical information on abscess based on a statistical background is largely lacking. We considered it worthwhile to explore the features of abscess-forming cellulitis.In the present study, we focused on cases of abscess-forming cellulitis and compared the clinical parameters between the nonabscess and abscess cases.
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| Study designThis was a retrospective study. We enrolled 449 patients who had been admitted to Oita City Medical Association's Almeida Memorial Hospital due to cellulitis or erysiperas between 2014 and 2019.Cellulitis and erysipelas are internationally regarded as a single entity and the term cellulitis is exclusively used. 1 We therefore unified
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