title: Atraumatic severe streptococcal axillary cellulitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: LSU School of Medicine, Shreveport.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bizette
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neill
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes