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Cellulitis and erysipelas

How common are cellulitis and erysipelas?

Cellulitis and erysipelas are common, but we don't know exactly how many people get them.

Every year about 70,000 people in the United Kingdom go to the hospital with cellulitis.

Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics.
Main operations.
2008. Available at http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk (accessed on 17 October 2008).

¹ Lots more people may have had it and been treated at home.
In one emergency room in the United Kingdom, 3 in 100 people who came in for treatment had cellulitis.

Source:
Clinical Resource Efficiency Support Team (CREST).
Guidelines on the management of cellulitis in adults.
June 2005. Available at http://www.crestni.org.uk/publications-show?txtid=4038 (accessed on 17 October 2008).

²
In a hospital in New Zealand, nearly 2 in 100 people needed treatment for cellulitis.

Source:
Corwin P, Toop L, McGeoch G, et al.
Randomised controlled trial of intravenous antibiotic treatment for cellulitis at home compared with hospital.
BMJ. 2005; 330: 129.

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Sources for the information on this page:

Hospital Episode Statistics.Main operations.2008. Available at http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk (accessed on 17 October 2008).

Clinical Resource Efficiency Support Team (CREST).Guidelines on the management of cellulitis in adults.June 2005. Available at http://www.crestni.org.uk/publications-show?txtid=4038 (accessed on 17 October 2008).

Corwin P, Toop L, McGeoch G, et al.Randomised controlled trial of intravenous antibiotic treatment for cellulitis at home compared with hospital.BMJ. 2005; 330: 129.

This information was last updated on Nov 07, 2008

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