TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cellulitis A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Common invasive nonsuppurative infection of connective tissue• Diffuse inflammation in the absence of findings indicating necrotizing infection• Usually appears on an extremity• A surgical wound, puncture, skin ulcer, or patch of dermatitis is usually identifiable as a portal of entry• Most often caused by group A streptococci and S aureus SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58106510 ER -