Abstract:
Background. The most severe and rapidly progressing tissue infections, accompanied by severe intoxication and sepsis,
are necrotising infections.
Material and methods. 108 patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections were examined and treated. Among them, fasci itis (83 patients), cellulitis (11 patients) and myositis (14 patients) were distinguished. Clinical, laboratory, in-depth micro biological and histological studies were used.
Results. Necrotizing soft tissue infections are characterized by microbial polymorphism without a clear correlation be tween the clinical course and the microbiological landscape. The impossibility of excluding the diagnosis of necrotizing
soft tissue infection on the basis of the clinical picture is an indication for surgical revision of all layers of soft tissues.
