SKIN AND SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS IN CRITICAL CARE

Clinicians in the critical care setting see extensive, severe, and oft en necrotizing infection, as well as atypical or unusual infection tha t can be misdiagnosed, resulting in delays in treatment. Greater numbe rs of immunocompromised patients are at risk for both types of infecti on. A thorough understanding of various etiologies and presentations o f these infections is essential, as is the ability to discriminate bet ween infectious and noninfectious etiologies.