Treatment-skin and soft tissue infections

(CID 2014;60:169)

• Urgent surgical exploration with debridement of necrotic tissue and ID consultation
• Empiric antibiotics: [pip/tazo or ceftriaxone + metronidazole or carbapenem] + [vanco or linezolid]. For Group A Strep: penicillin + clindamycin + consideration of IVIG for toxic shock.