Evaluation and management of necrotizing soft tissue infections
Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) are rapidly progressive skin and soft tissue
infections that cause widespread tissue necrosis and are associated with systemic illness. 1
The term NSTI has been increasingly used in lieu of the term necrotizing fasciitis, originally
coined by BL Wilson 2 in 1952 to encompass cases in which necrosis a Division of Trauma
and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South
Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07101, USA; b Clinical Epidemiology Section, Department of …
infections that cause widespread tissue necrosis and are associated with systemic illness. 1
The term NSTI has been increasingly used in lieu of the term necrotizing fasciitis, originally
coined by BL Wilson 2 in 1952 to encompass cases in which necrosis a Division of Trauma
and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South
Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07101, USA; b Clinical Epidemiology Section, Department of …