Clinical Usefulness of Imaging and Blood Cultures in Cellulitis Evaluation

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Jul 1;178(7):994-996. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0625.

Authors

Lauren N Ko¹, Anna C Garza-Mayers¹, Jessica St John¹, Lauren Strazzula^{1

2}, Priyanka Vedak^{1

2}, Allison S Dobry¹, Daniela Kroshinsky¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston.
² Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cohort study examines the clinical usefulness and cost of blood cultures and imaging in patients with presumed cellulitis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blood Culture / economics
Blood Culture / statistics & numerical data*
Cellulitis / blood
Cellulitis / diagnostic imaging*
Cellulitis / economics
Diagnostic Imaging / economics
Diagnostic Imaging / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Retrospective Studies
Unnecessary Procedures