Necrotizing soft tissue infections: Difference between revisions
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==Specific Types== | |||
*[[Necrotizing Fasciitis]] | |||
*[[Necrotizing Myositis]] | |||
*[[Necrotizing Cellulitis]] | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
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==Source== | ==Source== | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 6 April 2014
Background
- Includes necrotizing forms of cellulitis, myositis, and fasciitis
- Two 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
Specific Types
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)
Source
- UpToDate