[Retracted] Necrotizing Fasciitis: Diagnostic Challenges and Current Practices

Table 1

Classification of soft tissue infections based on treatment modality according to Baxter.

Surgical lesions requiring radical incision and drainage
Acute streptococcal hemolytic gangrene
Necrotizing fasciitis
Streptococcal myositis
Clostridial cellulitis
Gram-negative anaerobic cutaneous gangrene
Surgical infections requiring excision of tissue
Progressive bacterial synergistic gangrene
Nonclostridial gas-producing infections
Nonclostridial myositis
Human bite infections
Nonoperative infections
Erysipelas
Lymphangitis and lymphadenitis
Purpura fulminans