Title
Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Authoring Organization
Publication Month/Year
July 15, 2014
Last Updated Month/Year
April 5, 2024
Supplemental Implementation Tools
Document Type
Guideline
External Publication Status
Published
Country of Publication
US
Inclusion Criteria
Male, Female, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Infant, Older adult
Health Care Settings
Ambulatory, Hospital, Outpatient
Intended Users
Nurse, nurse practitioner, physician, physician assistant
Scope
Diagnosis, Assessment and screening, Treatment, Management, Prevention
Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)
D013207 - Staphylococcal Skin Infections, D019115 - Fasciitis, Necrotizing, D018461 - Soft Tissue Infections, D002481 - Cellulitis
Keywords
cellulitis, necrotizing fasciitis, skin and soft tissue infections, SSTI, SSTIs, gram-positive, gram-negative
Source Citation
Dennis L. Stevens, Alan L. Bisno, Henry F. Chambers, E. Patchen Dellinger, Ellie J. C. Goldstein, Sherwood L. Gorbach, Jan V. Hirschmann, Sheldon L. Kaplan, Jose G. Montoya, James C. Wade, Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 59, Issue 2, 15 July 2014, Pages e10–e52, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu296