Skin & Soft Tissue Infections
Severe Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Severe Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Clinical Consideration

If any of the following are present, consider the possibility of a necrotizing infection, such as necrotizing fasciitis:

  • Deep severe pain disproportionate to what would be expected from skin findings
  • Rapid progression, particularly along fascial planes
  • Presence of gas in soft tissues
  • Areas of anaesthesia in the affected skin
  • Hemodynamic instability
  • Pronounced induration (hard/wooden feel of the subcutaneous tissue)
  • Multi-organ failure
  • Violaceous bullae