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===Antibiotics=== Antibiotics choices depend on regional availability, but a penicillinase-resistant [[semisynthetic penicillin]] or a first-generation [[cephalosporin]] is currently recommended for cellulitis without abscess.<ref name=":0" /> A course of antibiotics is not effective in between 6 and 37% of cases.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Obaitan |first1=Itegbemie |last2=Dwyer |first2=Richard |last3=Lipworth |first3=Adam D. |last4=Kupper |first4=Thomas S. |last5=Camargo |first5=Carlos A. |last6=Hooper |first6=David C. |last7=Murphy |first7=George F. |last8=Pallin |first8=Daniel J. |title=Failure of antibiotics in cellulitis trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis |journal=The American Journal of Emergency Medicine |date=May 2016 |doi=10.1016/j.ajem.2016.05.064 |pmid=27344098 |volume=34 |issue=8 |pages=1645β52}}</ref>
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