[Skin and soft tissue infections].
Infection can involve all layers of soft tissue. The severity of infection can range from a simple cutaneous infection to widespread necrosis of the skin, muscle, and fascia. While infections of soft tissue are common, and can usually be managed using conservative therapy or local surgery, clinicians should be aware of less commonly seen invasive infections that need immediate radical surgical débridement to treat the source adequately, contributing to improved survival.
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Chirurgische Klinik der BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. christian.schinkel@rub.de
D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011379:Prognosis; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*