Context
Impetigo, erysipelas, cellulitis and necrotising fasciitis represent a spectrum of soft tissue infections. Most are of mild to modest severity, but a few are life-threatening.
This session aims to explain important clinical differences in presentation and to enable the clinician to differentiate those patients with life-threatening features from those who can be safely managed in the community.
Soft tissue infections. Top left clockwise – ecthyma, impetiginous dermatitis, bullous impetigo, non-bullous impetigo (reproduced with permission from Wellcome Images)