TY - JOUR AU - Maze, Michael J. AU - Skea, Sean AU - Pithie, Alan AU - Metcalf, Sarah AU - Pearson, John F. AU - Chambers, Stephen T. PY - 2013 DA - 2013/03/19 TI - Prevalence of concurrent deep vein thrombosis in patients with lower limb cellulitis: a prospective cohort study JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 141 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Lower limb cellulitis and deep vein thrombosis share clinical features and investigation of patients with cellulitis for concurrent DVT is common. The prevalence of DVT in this group is uncertain. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with lower limb cellulitis and to investigate the utility of applying the Wells algorithm to this patient group. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-141 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-13-141 ID - Maze2013 ER -