Table 2.

Cellulitis Misdiagnoses: Initial and Final Assessors of the Diagnosis

First author (Country, year)	Initial assessor	Second assessor	Timing of second assessment	Cellulitis misdiagnosis (%)
Araraki (USA, 2014)	Primary care physicians	Dermatologist	Same day	24/29 (83%)
David (USA, 2011)	Emergency medicine physicians	Dermatologist or infectious diseases specialist	Within 24 h	41/145 (28%)
Demir (Canada, 2021)	Predominantly emergency medicine physicians, plus outpatient and inpatient clinicians	Infectious diseases specialist	Unclear. Likely, within 24 h of commencing treatment for cellulitis	13/52 (25%)
Gupta (USA, 2019)	Unclear	Dermatologist (30—teledermatology; 15—onsite dermatology)	Within 24 h (intervention) or at 14 days (control)	27/45 (60%)
Ko (USA, 2018)	Emergency physicians	Dermatologist	Within 24 h	32/170 (19%)
Levell (England, 2011)	Primary care physicians, emergency physicians, inpatient physicians, outpatient physicians	Dermatology nurse or dermatology junior doctor or dermatologist	Typically within 24 h. Less than 14 days	210/635 (33%)
Li (USA, 2018)	Emergency physicians	Dermatologist	Within 24 h	39/116 (34%)
Mistry (England, 2019)	Primary care physicians, emergency physicians, inpatient physicians	Dermatology nurse or dermatologist	Typically within 24 h. Less than 14 days	254/373 (68%)
Raff (USA, 2021)	Emergency physicians	Dermatologist	Unclear. Likely less than 24 h, presumed to be less than 14 days	9/30 (30%)