Necrotizing soft tissue infections: Difference between revisions
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
* Includes necrotizing forms of cellulitis, myositis, and fasciitis | *Abbreviation: NSTI | ||
*Includes necrotizing forms of cellulitis, myositis, and fasciitis | |||
== | ===General types=== | ||
*[[ | *Type 1: polymicrobial infection | ||
* | *Type 2: [[group A strep]] | ||
*[[ | **May occur in healthy individuals | ||
**May occur via hematogenous spread from throat to site of blunt trauma | |||
{{NSTI types}} | |||
==Clinical Features== | |||
[[File:NectrotizingFasciitis.jpeg|thumb|Nectrotizing fasciitis]] | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
{{SSTI DDX}} | {{SSTI DDX}} | ||
{{Necrotizing Rashes DDX}} | {{Necrotizing Rashes DDX}} | ||
==Evaluation and Management== | |||
See specific type: | |||
{{NSTI types}} | |||
==See Also== | |||
*[[Necrotizing rashes]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:22, 21 May 2025
Background
- Abbreviation: NSTI
- Includes necrotizing forms of cellulitis, myositis, and fasciitis
General types
- Type 1: polymicrobial infection
- Type 2: group A strep
- May occur in healthy individuals
- May occur via hematogenous spread from throat to site of blunt trauma
NSTI Types
Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Skin and Soft Tissue Infection
- Cellulitis
- Erysipelas
- Lymphangitis
- Folliculitis
- Hidradenitis suppurativa
- Skin abscess
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Mycobacterium marinum
Look-A-Likes
- Sporotrichosis
- Osteomyelitis
- Deep venous thrombosis
- Pyomyositis
- Purple glove syndrome
- Tuberculosis (tuberculous inflammation of the skin)
Necrotizing rashes
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Purpura fulminans
- Drug rash
- Levamisole toxicity
- Heparin-induced skin necrosis
- Warfarin-induced skin necrosis
Evaluation and Management
See specific type: