Cellulitis Case Study

Cellulitis is a condition that continues to plague the emergency rooms all over the world. The exact numbers are not know as this is not a reportable condition. Cellulitis is treated both in the hospital and at home. The cost can vary depending on the treatment that is used, risk factors, underlying disease, and the stage of the cellulitis as well as the location. There is also a high recurrence rate with individuals that have had cellulitis before.
Cellulitis is a bacterial infection that has penetrated into the skin and even the surrounding tissues. There are many known types of bacteria however the most common is Staphylococcus aureus and streptococci. Some of the types of cellulitis are: lower extremity, periorbital, orbital, facial, buccal, …show more content…
The only articles that were used where English peer reviewed. The criteria for the search was articles no more than five years old. The original search resulted in 31 articles that showed potential. Two articles were eliminated because there were proposals rather than true research articles. The other articles were evaluated for relevancy and strength which resulted in 12 articles being eliminated. The remaining 19 were kept because they were evidence based articles or were articles that helped to better understand cellulitis in general. The articles were sorted and arranged into common themes. The research based articles are broken down and analyzed the break down is included in appendix …show more content…
IV medications were also the same with the exclusion of oxacillin and nafcillin. What set this study apart from 5-Minute Consult is that they exluded mild cases of cellulitis but did use oral antibiotics to treat. They also compared the oral vs the IV. The end result was that they were equally as effective, the significance of this could lead to decreased treatment cost, less admissions, and less invasive because IV access is not