Thank you Caroline. It has been pointed out to me by several genners with
formal qualifications that I am not correct, and that erespelas and
cellulitis are in fact different diseases, although with similar outcomes
for our unlucky ancestors. And to think people actually have a greater fear
of being eaten by sharks!

Regards
Pieter Hoekstra
Australia

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