Erysipelas risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.

Overview

The following risk factors contribute to an individual's predisposition to Erysipelas:^[1]^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Inghammar M, Rasmussen M, Linder A (2014). "Recurrent erysipelas--risk factors and clinical presentation". BMC Infect. Dis. 14: 270. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-270. PMC 4033615. PMID 24884840.
↑ Dupuy A, Benchikhi H, Roujeau JC, Bernard P, Vaillant L, Chosidow O, Sassolas B, Guillaume JC, Grob JJ, Bastuji-Garin S (1999). "Risk factors for erysipelas of the leg (cellulitis): case-control study". BMJ. 318 (7198): 1591–4. PMC 28138. PMID 10364117.
↑ Simon MS, Cody RL (1992). "Cellulitis after axillary lymph node dissection for carcinoma of the breast". Am. J. Med. 93 (5): 543–8. PMID 1364813.