title: [Erysipelas. Clinicopathological classification and terminology].
abstract: Erysipelas and necrotizing fasciitis are the words used to qualify 2 well-defined aspects of acute microbial dermohypodermal infection. According to the literature a third word, "cellulitis" is used to describe a large variety of inflammatory conditions of soft tissues, either infectious or not. The authors who advocate using this word consider either that an infectious cellulitis is a clinical variant differing from erysipelas or fasciitis, or that it describes the whole spectrum of acute microbial infections of soft tissues, including these 2 entities. This term, whatever its meaning, has no anatomical or histopathological validation. It should be definitively deleted and replaced by "dermohypodermal infection".
authors.affiliation: Clinique Dermatologique, Hôpitaux Universitaires, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grosshans
mesh_terms: D004886:Erysipelas / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic