The incidence of necrotising soft-tissue infections has increased during recent decades such
that most physicians might see at least one case of these potentially life-threatening …

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Objective: We sought to summarize accuracy of physical examination, imaging, and
Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) score in diagnosis of necrotizing …

Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) are rapidly progressive skin and soft tissue
infections that cause widespread tissue necrosis and are associated with systemic illness. 1 …

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a deep-seated infection, the diagnosis of which is made by
surgical inspection where the hallmarks include friability of the superficial fascia (ie, the so …

Objectives The Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis score was developed as a
clinical decision tool for distinguishing necrotizing fasciitis from other soft tissue infections …

Background Necrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening soft tissue infection characterized by a
rapid spreading infection of the subcutaneous tissue and in particular the fascia. The …

Musculoskeletal soft-tissue infections include a wide range of clinical conditions that are
commonly encountered in both emergency departments and non-emergency clinical …

The streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is a severe complication associated with invasive
infections by group A streptococci. In spite of medical progresses in the care of patients with …

Objective Clostridial gas gangrene (GG) or clostridial myonecrosis is a very rare but life‐
threatening necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) caused by anaerobic, spore‐forming, and …