Erysipelas | Erysipelas

Erysipelas is a skin infection involving the dermis layer of the skin, but it may also extend to the superficial cutaneous lymphatics.NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutNCBIBookshelf.AserviceoftheNationalLibraryofMedicine,NationalInstitutesofHealth.StatPearls[Internet].TreasureIsland(FL):StatPearlsPublishing;2021Jan-.StatPearls[Internet].ShowdetailsTreasureIsland(FL):StatPearlsPublishing;2021Jan-.SearchtermErysipelasYoustinaMichael;NadiaM.Shaukat.AuthorInformationAuthorsYoustinaMichael1;NadiaM.Shaukat2.Affiliations1ConeyIslandHospital2ConeyIslandHospitalLastUpdate:August24,2020.ContinuingEducationActivityErysipelasisaskininfectioninvolvingthedermislayeroftheskin,butitmayalsoextendtothesuperficialcutaneouslymphatics.Itischaracterizedbyanareaoferythemathatiswelldemarcated,raised,andoftenaffectsthelowerextremities,withthefacebeingthesecondmostcommonlyaffectedsite.ThisactivityreviewsthecauseandpresentationofErysipelasandhighlightstheroleoftheinterprofessionalteaminitsmanagement.Objectives:Recallthecauseoferysipelas.Describethepresentationoferysipelas.Summarizethetreatmentoptionsforerysipelas.Outlinetheimportanceofcoordinationamonginterprofessionalteammemberstoimproveoutcomesforpatientsaffectedbyerysipelas.Earncontinuingeducationcredits(CME/CE)onthistopic.IntroductionErysipelasisaskininfectioninvolvingthedermislayeroftheskin,butitmayalsoextendtothesuperficialcutaneouslymphatics.Itischaracterizedbyanareaoferythemathatiswell-demarcated,raised,andoftenaffectsthelowerextremities,withthefacebeingthesecondmostcommonlyaffectedsite. Erysipelasisalsoreferredtoas“St.Anthony’sFire”duetoitsintensefieryrash. Itsdiagnosis canoverlapwithcellulitis,andoftenadefinitediagnosiscannotbemade.Cellulitishasill-definedbordersandisslowertodevelop,whileerysipelashasbetter-definedbordersandfasterdevelopment.Erysipelascanbeseriousbutrarelyfatal.Ithasarapidandfavorableresponsetoantibiotics.Localcomplicationsaremorecommonthansystemiccomplica


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