Severe lower limb cellulitis: defining the epidemiology and risk factors for primary episodes in a population-based case-control study

ObjectiveTo describe the epidemiology and risk factors for primary episodes of severe lower leg cellulitis (LLC).MethodsThis was a longitudinal cohort study using state-wide data linkage of adults presenting to Western Australian (WA) hospitals with a first ever LLC from January 2002 to December 2013. The study aimed at determining risk factors, medical records from the index patient, together with comparable data from controls matched by age,...