[Retracted] Necrotizing Fasciitis: Diagnostic Challenges and Current Practices

Table 5

Clinical features of necrotizing fasciitis.

Skin	Pain	General
Erythema with ill-defined  margins	Pain that extends past margin of apparent infection	Fever with toxic appearance
Tense edema with grayish or  brown discharge	Severe pain that appears disproportionate to physical findings	Altered mental state
Lack of lymphangitis or  lymphadenopathy	Decreased pain or anesthesia at apparent site of infection	Tachycardia
Vesicles or bullae, hemorrhagic bullae		Tachypnea due to acidosis
Necrosis		Dehydration
Crepitus		Decreased urine output
		Presentation with diabetic keto acidosis