The Use of Oral Steroids in the Treatment of Cellulitis

Summary

The prevalence of cellulitis in society is very high, as much as 3% of visits to Emergency Departments are for the treatment of this disease. The treatment of cellulitis varies depending on the severity. Low severity cases are treated with pain control and antibiotics by mouth and high severity are treated with antibiotics intravenously and pain control. The investigator's hypothesis is to see if the addition of steroids, which are known to decrease inflammation, will decrease the length of the disease process. If so, it will decrease the length of stay if IV antibiotics are needed, it will decrease duration of days out of work and decrease the overall pain control required and therefore patient satisfaction.

Timeline

Start

2010-01-15

Primary completion

2010-08-31

Completion

2010-08-31

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “Study never enrolled any subjects before auto-terminated by the internal IRB.”

Drugs

Indications