What is cellulitis? And there symptoms of cellulitis?

Cellulitis is a spreading bacterial infection of skin and tissues beneath the skin. Cellulitis commanly begins as small area of swelling, and redness. As this red area begins enlarge, the person may be develop a fever—sometimes with chills—and swollen nodes near area of infected skin.
Unlike impetigo, which is very superficial skin infection, cellulitis refers to the infection also involving the skin's layers: the dermis and subcutaneous tissue. The main bacteria involved in cellulitis are Staphylococcus the same bacteria that cause many cases of impetigo. Occasionally, other bacteria may cause cellulitis as we?
Where cellulitis occur?
Cellulitis may occur everywhere in the body, but leg is the most common factor of the infection (particularly in the area of the tibia or shin bone and in the foot), the arm, and then the head and neck areas. In circumstances, such as following surgery wounds, cellulitis can develop in the chest areas. In cases of morbid obesity, it can also develop in the abdominal area or chest area.
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