Cellulitis and Other Skin Infections

6 Topics

Impetigo: Aetiology

Clinical Features

Cellulitis and Erysipelas

9 Topics

Cellulitis: Aetiology

Cellulitis Grades

Clinical Features

Differential Diagnoses

Treatment Antibiotics

Emerging treatments

Necrotising Fasciitis

4 Topics

Clinical Features – Question

Clinical Decision Rules

Investigation and Management

3 Topics

Cellulitis and other Skin Infections – Post Test

Clinical Features – Question

Cellulitis and Other Skin Infections Necrotising Fasciitis Clinical Features – Question

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Early differentiation of necrotising fasciitis from cellulitis is challenging. However, delay in diagnosis results in higher mortality, so early clinical diagnosis is the priority.

Which of the following features would point you towards a diagnosis of necrotising fasciitis?

Select one or more options.
- Patient complains of severe pain but there is no visible skin change
- Erythema around a long-standing ulcer in a 60-year old with diabetes mellitus
- Groin erythema, fever and agitation in a 40-year old with learning difficulties
- Erythroderma and malaise in a child with atopic eczema
- Increasing discomfort 48 hours after liposuction
- Bullae
- Hyponatraemia
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