Atraumatic severe streptococcal axillary cellulitis.
Axillary streptococcal cellulitis is rare but has been known to clinicians for years. Usually associated with trauma, it may, however, occur in previously healthy individuals who for unknown reasons can be slowly responsive to appropriate antibiotics.
Bizette
G A
GA
LSU School of Medicine, Shreveport.
Brooks
B J
BJ
Neill
M
M
Alvarez
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes