Case Report

“The Clock Is Ticking”: The Timely Management of a Painful Skin Rash in a Seventy-Year-Old Woman

Table 2

Risk stratification of the LRINEC score according to the likelihood of necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) [2].

Risk categoryLRINEC score, pointsProbability of NSTI, %

Low≤5<50
Intermediate6-750–75
High≥8>75

Goldstein et al. [2].