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. 2018 Jul 1;178(7):994-996.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0625.

Clinical Usefulness of Imaging and Blood Cultures in Cellulitis Evaluation

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

2}, Priyanka Vedak^{1

2}, Allison S Dobry¹, Daniela Kroshinsky¹

Affiliations

Affiliations

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

PMID: 29610842
PMCID: PMC6145713
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0625

Clinical Usefulness of Imaging and Blood Cultures in Cellulitis Evaluation

Lauren N Ko et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2018.

. 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.

PMID: 29610842
PMCID: PMC6145713
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0625

Abstract

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

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Comment in

The Hindsight Problem in Evaluating the Value of Ultrasonography in Cellulitis.
Cho HJ, Truong TN, Loebel EM. Cho HJ, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Aug 1;178(8):1141. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.3248. JAMA Intern Med. 2018. PMID: 30083737 No abstract available.
The Hindsight Problem in Evaluating the Value of Ultrasounds in Cellulitis-Reply.
Ko LN, Garza-Mayers AC, Kroshinsky D. Ko LN, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Aug 1;178(8):1141-1142. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.3240. JAMA Intern Med. 2018. PMID: 30083745 No abstract available.

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