Brief Answer: Cellulitis of the foot Detailed Answer: Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic. I am Dr. kakkar. I have gone through your query and I have understood it. From your description it appears to me as a case of Cellulitis which is bacterial infection of the skin as well as the subcutaneous tissue, that is under the skin. Fever accompanied by pain and swelling of only one foot also suggest that it is cellulitis. Infection might have got introduced through a cut or unnoticed trauma/break in the skin. If I was your treating doctor I would have started you on empirical antibiotics covering most likely bacterial i.e staphylococcus, streptococcus as well as anaerobic bacteria. You should get a lab bllod test for cbc , wbc and ESR. -I would like to know from you the antibiotics that you are currently on? My Ideal choice of empirical oral antibiotics would have been Cefixime in combination with cloxacillin(Gram +ve and Gram -ve bacteria). I would have also started you on oral metronidazole to cover anaerobes. Once on antibiotics the cellulitis should improve in 3-5 days. Getting admitted at a hospital would allow your doctor to administer IV antibiotics, which would be obviously rapidly effective than oral antibiotics. I would have also started you on oral antiinflammatory/pain killers like either diclofenac or ibuprofen along with serratiopeptidase to decrease the pain and swelling. regards

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Brief Answer: Cellulitis Detailed Answer: Hi. You are on the right kind of treatment for cellulitis. Avelox is Moxifloxacin which is good choice of drug in case of skin and soft tissue infections(SSTIs). It has broad spectrum of activity against Gram +ve Aerobes, Gram-ve Aerobes and Anaerobic bacteria. I would advice that you continue with it for a total of 7-14 days at this dose (it can be taken for a total 5-14 days depending on the condition). Enantyum 25mg is a pain killer and Allegra 120mg is an antiallergic. regards

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