TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Necrotizing Fasciitis, Necrotizing Cellulitis, and Myonecrosis A1 - LaChance, Avery A1 - Kroshinksy, Daniela A2 - Kang, Sewon A2 - Amagai, Masayuki A2 - Bruckner, Anna L. A2 - Enk, Alexander H. A2 - Margolis, David J. A2 - McMichael, Amy J. A2 - Orringer, Jeffrey S. Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology, 9e AB - AT-A-GLANCEThis chapter discusses necrotizing, gangrenous, and purulent bacterial infections of the skin, soft tissue, fascia, and muscle. Broadly speaking, the different entities can be characterized by anatomic depth of infection with necrosis extending to the skin (gangrenous cellulitis), fascia (necrotizing fasciitis), and muscle (pyomyositis). However, it should be noted that there is significant overlap between these entities in terms of presentation, clinical course, and treatment. Given this, some current literature groups these infections (as well as necrotizing fungal infections) into 1 larger, overarching subgroup of necrotizing soft-tissue infections.1 Trends in how the medical community chooses to approach and classify these disease entities may change with time and this broader, all-encompassing nomenclature may become the favored terminology in the future. Given the clinical and management nuances for each of these categories, as well as the fact that the term necrotizing soft-tissue infections has not been broadly accepted, this chapter describes the clinical features intrinsic to each separately here. The reader is encouraged to follow how classification for this group of infections may evolve in the literature in the years to come. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161351656 ER -