skin and soft tissues infections
Skin and Soft Tissues
Introductions
Types of skin infections:
- Purulent: usually staph
- abscess
- furuncles
- carbuncles
- Nonpurulent: usually beta-hemolytic strep
- erysipelas
- cellulitis
- necrotizing skin infections
Erysipelas and Cellulitis
- Erysipelas: epidermis, upper dermis, superficial lymphatics
- Cellulitis: deeper dermis, subcuta