[Retracted] Necrotizing Fasciitis: Diagnostic Challenges and Current Practices

Table 2

Classification of soft tissue infections by Lewis.

Infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Progressive synergistic bacterial gangrene
Chronic undermining burrowing ulcer (Meleney’s ulcer)
Idiopathic scrotal gangrene (Fournier’s gangrene)
Infections involving subcutaneous tissue and fascia
Hemolytic streptococcal gangrene
Necrotizing fasciitis
Gram-negative synergistic necrotizing cellulitis
Clostridial cellulitis
Infections involving muscle
Clostridial myonecrosis
Streptococcal myositis