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* Cultures can be taken from Wounds, Pus & Blood. Blood cultures are positive only in few cases of mild infection/ community acquired cellulitis.<ref name="pmid10585800">{{cite journal| author=Perl B, Gottehrer NP, Raveh D, Schlesinger Y, Rudensky B, Yinnon AM| title=Cost-effectiveness of blood cultures for adult patients with cellulitis. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 1999 | volume= 29 | issue= 6 | pages= 1483-8 | pmid=10585800 | doi=10.1086/313525 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10585800 }} </ref> | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1], Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S.
Overview
With changing trends in medicine, recommended lab investigations are changing. Blood cultures and blood counts are the mainstay for the treatment and prognosis. Other blood tests like ESR and CRP help in prognosis.
Lab Work Up
- Cultures can be taken from Wounds, Pus & Blood. Blood cultures are positive only in few cases of mild infection/ community acquired cellulitis.[1]
References
- ↑ Perl B, Gottehrer NP, Raveh D, Schlesinger Y, Rudensky B, Yinnon AM (1999). "Cost-effectiveness of blood cultures for adult patients with cellulitis". Clin Infect Dis. 29 (6): 1483–8. doi:10.1086/313525. PMID 10585800.