Treatment of erysipelas: current aspects
The present article is concerned with modern clinical aspects of erysipelas as streptococcal infection. From 1981 till 2009, 44 172 patients with erysipelas were under observation. The disease was frequently observed in women (63.2% of cases). The modern features of the clinical course of erysipelas are the prevalence of disease in older and elderly people (65.3% of patients aged 50 years and older), predominant localization of the inflammatory focus in the lower extremities (69.6%), the dominating development of hemorrhagic forms. The modern schemes of antibacterial therapy and preventive measures are presented.