TY - CHAP
T1 - Necrotizing soft-tissue infections
AU - Wolf, Ronni
AU - Tüzün, Yalçin
AU - Davidovici, Batya B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - BACKGROUND AND CLASSIFICATION Skin and skin structures are among the most frequent sites of human bacterial infection and account for ~10% of hospital admissions in the United States.1 The terminology used for infections of skin and skin structures is often confusing. “Primary” skin infections occur in otherwise normal skin and are usually caused by group A streptococci or Staphylococcus aureus. Infections are called “secondary” when they complicate chronic skin conditions (e.g., eczema or atopic dermatitis).
AB - BACKGROUND AND CLASSIFICATION Skin and skin structures are among the most frequent sites of human bacterial infection and account for ~10% of hospital admissions in the United States.1 The terminology used for infections of skin and skin structures is often confusing. “Primary” skin infections occur in otherwise normal skin and are usually caused by group A streptococci or Staphylococcus aureus. Infections are called “secondary” when they complicate chronic skin conditions (e.g., eczema or atopic dermatitis).
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U2 - 10.1201/9781315160498
DO - 10.1201/9781315160498
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AN - SCOPUS:85054393176
SN - 9781498729314
SP - 76
EP - 82
BT - Emergency Dermatology, Second Edition
PB - CRC Press
ER -