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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: bacterial skin infections, impetigo Tx penicillins or cephalosporins topical mupirocin or retapamulin, erysipelas presentation superficial cellulitis w/ lymphatic involvemen orange peel w/ sharp,raisd border common in young and old pts usu on lower extremities 5-20% on face, bite wounds microbiology human 25% Eikenella corrodens, abscesses ???? drug users needle, impetigo char intra-epidermal vesicopustular lesion, later crusted, erysipelas Tx penicillin, cat bites think Pasturella multocida, necrotizing soft-tissue infections ???? synergistic necrotizing cellulitis, impetigo bullous form bullous impetigo, bite wounds microbiology polymicrobial infexn avg 5, bite wounds microbiology cat bites, necrotizing soft-tissue infections ???? necrotizing fasciiitis I (type II is Group A Strep), necrotizing soft-tissue infections Tx urgent debridement broad-spec AB's, abscesses Tx drainage systemic antibiotic TMP-SMX or clindamycin, necrotizing soft-tissue infections ???? Fournier's gangrene scrotum, cellulitis Tx elevation of inftd limb antibiotic vs S. aureus, necrotizing soft-tissue infections signs edema > erythema crepitis skin vesicles or bullae no lymphatic spread, bite wounds microbiology dogbites (P. canis), necrotizing soft-tissue infections ???? clostridial cellulitis, necrotizing soft-tissue infections Dx SURGERY