The clinical characteristics and risk factors for necrotizing soft tissue infection in children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) is a serious infectious disease. However, the early clinical manifestations and indicators of NSTI in children are still unclear.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics and risk factors of NSTI in pediatric patients.

Methods

A total of 127 children with skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) were treated at our hospital and divided into two groups: the NSTI group and the non-NSTI group, based on their discharge diagnosis from January 2011 to December 2022. Then, we collected and analyzed the clinical characteristics and risk factors of all patients, including sex and age, disease inducement, admission temperature, local skin manifestations, infection site, the presence of sepsi

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10951490 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature