📋 Reference sheet · Eye, ear and skin

Skin and soft tissue infection: antibiotic, back-up, or none?

Cellulitis, impetigo, a boil or a leg ulcer. Which need an antibiotic and which need a dressing.

One page, every threshold with its number and unit. Written and reviewed by practising UK GPs. Last reviewed 29 Jul 2026.

This sheet puts the whole decision on one page: the thresholds that change what you do, each with its number and unit, and the sources each one was checked against.

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Related Ocean Article: Cellulitis · also Herpetic Whitlow, Insect Bites and Stings, Venous Leg Ulcer, Human and Animal Bites, Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), Impetigo. Part of the GP reference sheets, result interpretation one page per test or finding.