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SSTI part 2 Questions and Answers
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Necrotizing Fasciitis Ans: - difficult to differentiate from
cellulitis
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- Rapidly progressive
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- Destroys superficial fascia and subcutaneous fat
- High mortality rates
Necrotizing Fasciitis: Type 1 Ans: - Occurs in: DM, PVD,
Immunosuppressed, Surgery
- Fornier's gangrene: Subtype involving male genitalia or
perineum of either gender
- Usually less progressive
- Polymicrobial
Necrotizing Fasciitis: Type 2 Ans: - Occurs in: previously
healthy pt (any age), following minor skin trauma
– Usually monomicrobial (S. pyogenes most common)
- Rapidly progressive to shock and organ failure – Severe pain
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Necrotizing Fasciitis: Type 3 Ans: - involves the skeletal
muscle
- gas production and muscle necrosis
- Rapidly progressive
- Typically caused by Clostridium perfringens
Necrotizing fasciitis: Diagnosis Ans: - Rapidly progressive
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appearing "cellulitis"
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- Pain out of proportion to appearance
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- Blister and bullae formation
- Systemic signs of infection
- Hard, wooden feeling
- Labs: Blood cultures
- Imaging
LRINEC Score
Necrotizing fasciitis: Treatment Ans: - Surgical debridement
- Antibiotics– Broad spectrum until cultured
If Clostridium perfringens and S. pyogenes → penicillin +
clindamycin
SSTI part 2 Questions and Answers
(100% Correct Answers) Already
Graded A+
Necrotizing Fasciitis Ans: - difficult to differentiate from
cellulitis
© 2026 Assignment
- Rapidly progressive
Guru01 - Stuvia
Expert
- Destroys superficial fascia and subcutaneous fat
- High mortality rates
Necrotizing Fasciitis: Type 1 Ans: - Occurs in: DM, PVD,
Immunosuppressed, Surgery
- Fornier's gangrene: Subtype involving male genitalia or
perineum of either gender
- Usually less progressive
- Polymicrobial
Necrotizing Fasciitis: Type 2 Ans: - Occurs in: previously
healthy pt (any age), following minor skin trauma
– Usually monomicrobial (S. pyogenes most common)
- Rapidly progressive to shock and organ failure – Severe pain
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Necrotizing Fasciitis: Type 3 Ans: - involves the skeletal
muscle
- gas production and muscle necrosis
- Rapidly progressive
- Typically caused by Clostridium perfringens
Necrotizing fasciitis: Diagnosis Ans: - Rapidly progressive
© 2026 Assignment
appearing "cellulitis"
Guru01 - Stuvia
- Pain out of proportion to appearance
Expert
- Blister and bullae formation
- Systemic signs of infection
- Hard, wooden feeling
- Labs: Blood cultures
- Imaging
LRINEC Score
Necrotizing fasciitis: Treatment Ans: - Surgical debridement
- Antibiotics– Broad spectrum until cultured
If Clostridium perfringens and S. pyogenes → penicillin +
clindamycin