Severe bacterial skin infections

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2020-07-01

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Marques, Silvio Alencar [UNESP]
Fernandes Abbade, Luciana Patricia [UNESP]

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Elsevier B.V.

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The severe bacterial diseases discussed herein are those that present dermatological lesions as their initial manifestations, for which the dermatologist is often called upon to give an opinion or is even the first to examine the patient. This review focuses on those that evolve with skin necrosis during their natural history, that is, necrotizing fasciitis, Fournier gangrene, and ecthyma gangrenosum. Notice that the more descriptive terminology was adopted; each disease was individualized, rather than being referred by the generic term necrotizing soft tissue infections''. Due to their relevance and increasing frequency, infections by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were also included, more specifically abscesses, furuncle, and carbuncle, and their potential etiologies by MRSA. This article focuses on the epidemiology, clinical dermatological manifestations, methods of diagnosis, and treatment of each of the diseases mentioned. (C) 2020 Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.

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Bacterial infections, Ecthyma, Fasciitis, necrotizing, Fournier gangrene, Furunculosis, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Anais Brasileiros De Dermatologia. New York: Elsevier Science Inc, v. 95, n. 4, p. 407-417, 2020.