Management and prevention of lower leg cellulitis: a survey assessing practice variation and equipoise among Australasian clinicians in preparation for a randomised clinical trial.

A total of 250 (response rate of ~10%) respondents completed the survey from 77 unique institutions.

Lower limb cellulitis was common, with 91 respondents reporting >200 presentations at their institution annually.

For most assessment, management and prevention strategies, there was wide variation in clinical practice.

Overall, respondents were comfortable considering randomising to possible interventions including drawing (or removing) a line around cellulitis (91.3%), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (90.2%) or corticosteroids (74.2%), acute compression (90.7%), exercise (96.4%) and prevention strategies such as injectable benzathine penicillin G (BPG; 87.2%) or a hypothetical streptococcal vaccine (92.7%).