2005/10/19 by Dennis L. Stevens, Alan L. Bisno, Henry F. Chambers +8 · 1 citation
Medicine · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Streptococcal Infections and Treatments #Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing #Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
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openalex publication_date 2005/10/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Soft-tissue infections are common, generally of mild to modest severity, and are easily treated with a variety of agents. An etiologic diagnosis of simple cellulitis is fre-quently difficult and generally unnecessary for patients with mild signs and symptoms of illness. Clinical as-sessment of the severity of infection is crucial, and sev-eral classification schemes and algorithms have been proposed to guide the clinician [1]. However, most clinical assessments have been developed from either retrospective studies or from an author’s own “clinical experience, ” illustrating the need for prospective studies with defined measurements of severity coupled to man-agement issues and outcomes. Until then, it is the recommendation of this com-mittee that patients with soft-tissue infection accom-