Clinical Study
Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Patients with Solid Tumours
Table 3
Clinical characteristics of SSTI episodes.
| | Characteristic | No of episodes (%) |
| | Type of SSTI | | | Cellulitis/erysipelas | 44 (54) | | Abscess | 18 (22) | | Exit-site infection | 8 (10) | | Wound infection | 5 (6) | | Herpes zoster | 4 (5) | | Furuncles/carbuncles | 1 (1) | | Pyomyositis | 1 (1) | | Site of infection | | | Head and neck | 10 (12) | | Trunk | 28 (35) | | Upper extremities | 11 (14) | | Lower extremities | 13 (16) | | Genitoperineal/perirectal | 19 (23) | | Signs and symptoms | | | Erythema | 59 (70) | | Fever | 52 (64) | | Swelling | 41 (51) | | Localized pain | 34 (42) | | Sepsis | 43 (53) | | Severe sepsis | 15 (18.5) | | Septic shock | 3 (4) |
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